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AQUATIC INVASIONS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 91-96Publisher
REGIONAL EURO-ASIAN BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS CENTRE-REABIC
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2011.6.1.11
Keywords
nonindigenous; alien; macrophyte; Eichhornia crassipes; Pistia stratiotes
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- NSERC Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network
- DFO Invasive Species Research Chair
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The Laurentian Great Lakes have been successfully invaded by at least 182 nonindigenous species. Here we report on two new species, water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes and water lettuce Pistia stratiotes, that were found at a number of locations in Lake St. Clair and Detroit River during autumn 2010. Both species are commonly sold in the water garden and aquarium trade in southern Ontario and elsewhere. While it is not clear whether these species arc established or can establish in the Great Lakes, the historic assumption that neither of these subtropical to tropical plants pose an invasion risk must be questioned in the light of changing environmental conditions associated with climate warming that may render Great Lakes' habitats more suitable for these species and increase the likelihood of their successful establishment.
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