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Water Quality Improvement of a Reservoir Invaded by an Exotic Macrophyte

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Mariana Rodríguez ,
Jacques Brisson ,
Guillermo Rueda  and
Manuel S. Rodríguez
Mariana Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, 4101 East Sherbrooke St., Montréal (QC) H1X 2B2, Canada
Jacques Brisson
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, 4101 East Sherbrooke St., Montréal (QC) H1X 2B2, Canada
Guillermo Rueda
Affiliation:
Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Carrera 4 N 22-61 Bogotá, Colombia
Manuel S. Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 N 18A-12, Bogotá, Colombia
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: manuel-r@uniandes.edu.co
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the macrophyte waterhyacinth on the water quality of a reservoir in Colombia. Postinvasion water quality assessments were performed during three different hydrological periods and compared with preinvasion data. The results show that water quality has improved, especially in terms of transparency, showing an increase in Secchi disk values from 0.3 to 2 m (1 to 6.6 ft). The analysis strongly suggests that the improvement in water quality is due to the filtering and precipitation effects provided by waterhyacinth. This case highlights the dilemma of managing an invasive species that provides a beneficial ecological service while posing a high ecological risk.

Keywords

Waterhyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) SolmsNonindigenousinvasivewaterhyacinthecological services
Type
Research Article
Information
Invasive Plant Science and Management , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 290 - 299
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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