Herbicides In Florida
Title: Investigating the Impact of Herbicides on Biodiversity in Florida Aquatic Ecosystems
Candidate Number: 0189
Author: Taylor Hays Introduction
Question: How are herbicides that are used to eliminate aquatic hyacinths in bodies of water being managed? And how do they affect those ecosystems?
Hypothesis: If herbicides are sprayed on hyacinths in high concentration, the level of dissolved oxygen will be decreased by 55% if too much of the hyacinths are killed all at once this will affect the overall biodiversity of the body of water.
The study will be conducted to investigate the effect of the herbicides, such as DMA 4, which is used to kill aquatic hyacinths, on the ecosystem at hand and how it is managed. Water hyacinths are an invasive …show more content…
This act gives control over this issue to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This act simply calls for the need of a permit if weeds are going to be removed through the use of herbicides, and in certain cases of application, a specialist or government official must be the applicator. This is to prevent anyone from overusing the herbicide or using the wrong kind of herbicide and doing more harm than good, and actually hurting the rest of the aquatic life in that body of water. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission) Also, to prevent the levels of dissolved oxygen from becoming too low for the fish and other animals in the body of water, the Florida Wildlife Commission requires an oxygen level test be done to manage the spraying of herbicides on that water to avoid fish kills. As mentioned before, if too many plants are sprayed at once, the level of dissolved oxygen will deplete, so these plans are spread out over a longer period of time to prevent the depletion from occurring this …show more content…
Containers B and C maintained green leaves and seemed healthy, but they too started to die. The results became more apparent in Containers B and C. However, B, with the balance of the herbicide solution and water, seemed to be the most ideal when it comes to ridding a body of water of hyacinths. By not killing the hyacinths too quickly, dissolved oxygen levels remained high enough to maintain a healthy system. The solution for A was too strong and the solution for B was too weak. This is shown through the data, because Container A dissolved oxygen levels decrease of 50%, while Container B had decreased by 33%, and Container C decreased by
Candidate Number: 0189
Author: Taylor Hays Introduction
Question: How are herbicides that are used to eliminate aquatic hyacinths in bodies of water being managed? And how do they affect those ecosystems?
Hypothesis: If herbicides are sprayed on hyacinths in high concentration, the level of dissolved oxygen will be decreased by 55% if too much of the hyacinths are killed all at once this will affect the overall biodiversity of the body of water.
The study will be conducted to investigate the effect of the herbicides, such as DMA 4, which is used to kill aquatic hyacinths, on the ecosystem at hand and how it is managed. Water hyacinths are an invasive …show more content…
This act gives control over this issue to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This act simply calls for the need of a permit if weeds are going to be removed through the use of herbicides, and in certain cases of application, a specialist or government official must be the applicator. This is to prevent anyone from overusing the herbicide or using the wrong kind of herbicide and doing more harm than good, and actually hurting the rest of the aquatic life in that body of water. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission) Also, to prevent the levels of dissolved oxygen from becoming too low for the fish and other animals in the body of water, the Florida Wildlife Commission requires an oxygen level test be done to manage the spraying of herbicides on that water to avoid fish kills. As mentioned before, if too many plants are sprayed at once, the level of dissolved oxygen will deplete, so these plans are spread out over a longer period of time to prevent the depletion from occurring this …show more content…
Containers B and C maintained green leaves and seemed healthy, but they too started to die. The results became more apparent in Containers B and C. However, B, with the balance of the herbicide solution and water, seemed to be the most ideal when it comes to ridding a body of water of hyacinths. By not killing the hyacinths too quickly, dissolved oxygen levels remained high enough to maintain a healthy system. The solution for A was too strong and the solution for B was too weak. This is shown through the data, because Container A dissolved oxygen levels decrease of 50%, while Container B had decreased by 33%, and Container C decreased by