Spatiotemporal monitoring of hydrilla [Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle] to aid management actions
| Autor: | Caren Remillard, Christopher Cooper, Susan B. Wilde, Abhishek Kumar, Deepak R. Mishra, Shuvankar Ghosh, Frank Braun, Zachary Conner, Austin Haney, Kenneth H. Boyd, Benjamin P. Page |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Hydrology
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology 0211 other engineering and technologies Hydrilla Secchi disk 02 engineering and technology Plant Science biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Invasive species Water resources Water column Habitat Aquatic plant Environmental science Surface runoff Agronomy and Crop Science 021101 geological & geomatics engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Weed Technology. 33:518-529 |
| ISSN: | 1550-2740 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/wet.2019.13 |
| Popis: | Hydrilla is an invasive aquatic plant that has rapidly spread through many inland water bodies across the globe by outcompeting native aquatic plants. The negative impacts of hydrilla invasion have become a concern for water resource management authorities, power companies, and environmental scientists. The early detection of hydrilla infestation is very important to reduce the costs associated with control and removal efforts of this invasive species. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to develop a tool for rapid, frequent, and large-scale monitoring and predicting spatial extent of hydrilla habitat. This was achieved by integrating in situ and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager satellite data for Lake J. Strom Thurmond, the largest US Army Corps of Engineers lake east of the Mississippi River, located on the border of Georgia and South Carolina border. The predictive model for presence of hydrilla incorporated radiometric and physical measurements, including remote-sensing reflectance, Secchi disk depth (SDD), light-attenuation coefficient (Kd), maximum depth of colonization (Zc), and percentage of light available through the water column (PLW). The model-predicted ideal habitat for hydrilla featured high SDD, Zc, and PLW values, low values of Kd. Monthly analyses based on satellite images showed that hydrilla starts growing in April, reaches peak coverage around October, begins retreating in the following months, and disappears in February. Analysis of physical and meteorological factors (i.e., water temperature, surface runoff, net inflow, precipitation) revealed that these parameters are closely associated with hydrilla extent. Management agencies can use these results not only to plan removal efforts but also to evaluate and adapt their current mitigation efforts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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