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Breaking Bad: Native Aquatics Edition
Lyn Gettys • lgettys@ufl.edu
University of Florida IFAS FLREC
Aquatic Ecosystems
Ecosystem Services: Mother Nature
Ecosystem Services: Anthropocentric
Native Aquatic Plant Benefits• Nutrient removal/polishing
• Substrate stabilization
• Food
Invasive Exotic Aquatic Plants• Monocultures
• Flow
• Health and safety
Consequences of Natives Breaking Bad• The same!!!
• It’s in the way that you use it…
Breaking Bad: Submersed• Cabomba caroliniana
• Potamogeton illinoensis
• Vallisneria americana
Breaking Bad: Floating-leaved• Nymphaea mexicana
• Nuphar advena
Breaking Bad: Floating• Limnobium spongia
Breaking Bad: Emergent• Pontederia cordata
• Typha sp.
Remember… it’s in the way that you use it!Thanks! Questions?
Lyn Gettys • lgettys@ufl.edu • UF IFAS FLREC
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