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RESEARCH LITERATURE

The Research Literature database was created and funded by the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Use the search features below to find scientific articles on native wildflowers that are commercially available or used in restoration projects.

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Wetland Restoration and Invasive Species: Apple snail (Pomacea insularum) Feeding on Native and Invasive Aquatic Plants

Author(s): L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, D. K. Padilla, L. D. Cartwright and D. N. Hollas

Month: May
Year: 2009

Publication Type: Article
Journal: Restoration Ecology
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Pages: 433-440

Article Topic(s): Disturbance,Invasive species
Research Setting(s): Laboratory

Species Referenced: Hymenocallis latifolia (Perfumed spiderlily),

Abstract

Invasive apple snail feeding rates were quantified for 3 invasive macrophytes and 13 native aquatic plant species. Apple snails showed an ability to consume larger quantities of the native species Ceratophyllum demersum, Hymenocallis liriosme, Ruppia maritima, and Sagittaria lancifolia, as well as the invasive species Colocasia esculenta, Alternanthera philoxeroides, and Eichhornia crassipes. Low rates of consumption were reported for Spartina alterniflora, Scirpus californicus, Thalia dealbata, and Typha latifolia. Consumption rates were negatively correlated with plant dry matter.

Suggested Citation

L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, D. K. Padilla, L. D. Cartwright and D. N. Hollas. "Wetland Restoration and Invasive Species: Apple snail (Pomacea insularum) Feeding on Native and Invasive Aquatic Plants." Restoration Ecology 17.3 (2009): 433-440.

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