Hydrilla Essays

A hydrilla grows a long steam that has many leaves on it as well as tiny white flowers on them which float above the water. They are an aquatic plant which means they live in water such as clean water, including lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and marshes. Seen mostly in the Southeast of Florida and in their habitat they form dense mats of vegetation, can grow with little light, and more efficent in taking nutrients than other species. Florida faces many problems within their water bodies and waterways

bringing back the water ways to its original state all the natural vegetation, aquatic macrophytes, submersed plants that grow mostly under the water surface and root to the bottom sediment will come back quickly. Some of these plants are tape grass, hydrilla, Coontail, bladderwort, sago pondweed, Fanwort, Water milfoils, immersed plants they are rooted to the soils on the bottom. Some of these plants are Cattail, bulrush, water spinach, lake hygrophila, marigold, giant foxtail. Can the reconstruction

During the trip to Wekiva State Park we got to see some of the most dramatic habitat and hydrological changes yet. Starting out at the spring and watching the water being forced out from deep within the aquifer. The cavern where the spring is located is only approximately 20 feet deep and has been restricted to divers for many years due to the inherent hazard of cave diving. A constant 72 degrees year round, Wekiva Springs provides about 42 million gallons of some of the cleanest water you will

Danielle Carney Professor Gregory Jones Zoo 1503c 15 March 2017 The Ecology and Behavior of Manatees Name The manatee is part of the order Sirenia. The name originates from the sirens of Greek mythology. When the sirens first spotted the manatee, they mistook them for mermaids. There are three different species of manatees in this order (Hartman v.). One species is the West Indian manatee, trichechus manatus. The scientific name for Florida manatees is trichechus manatus latirostris. The scientific

Manatee - Florida manatee Introduction: The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus) is a marine mammal which is also known as “West Indian manatee” or North American manatee. Manatees are occasionally called sea cows as they are similar to cows on land. Manatees belong to the family Trichechidae. This manatee is the largest, fully aquatic surviving member of the aquatic mammal “order Sirenia”. The lifespan of the manatee is 50-60 years in the wild. It is known that manatees have good long-term memory