New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Macrophyte management: an integrated perspective

I. M. JOHNSTONE

New Zealand Electricity P. O. Box 445, Hamilton New Zealand

Abstract A concept of aquatic macrophyte management that integrates the positive and negative aspects of vegetation in lakes and rivers is discussed. This integrated approach involves three factors: macrophyte control, macrophyte enhancement, and identification and resolution of the conflicts created by multiple use of a waterbody. The primary decision in macrophyte management programmes must be whether to optimise for single-purpose or for multipurpose use of the waterbody. Both technical (macrophyte control and enhancement) and social (conflict resolution) procedures are required to solve problems associated with the macrophyte status of multipurpose waterbodies.

Keywords macrophyte; management; control; enhancement

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1986, Vol. 20: 599-614 Received 27 November 1985; accepted 6 March 1986

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