Phragmites Spreads in Canada
"Phragmites australis Schilfrohr". Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - here "It sounds weird for me to be saying this as a wetland ecologist, but we need herbicides that we can put…
The Stewards of Water Blog
Symbiosis May Be Exploitative
Parmecium bursaria (Bob Blaylock, en.wikipedia.org). Findings recently published in the journal Current Biology suggest that many symbiotic relationships are more exploitative than mutually…
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Worst-Ever Algal Bloom in Mississippi
A "Red-Tide" algal bloom in Mississippi waters. (mpbonline.org) The algal bloom that shut down beaches and oyster reefs in Mississippi last Friday could be the largest in recorded history,…
Grand Calumet River Restoration
A warning sign posted near the Grand Calumet River (lakeshorepublicmedia.org). The Grand Calumet River was once called one of the most polluted rivers in the United States, but after an 80…
Drones to Detect Invasives?
A Phantom drone (Capricorn4049, en.wikipedia.org). With all the various uses that drones have been put to, it was only a matter of time until someone explored their use in aquatic invasive…