Nice healthy #Nitella and #Vallisneria carpeting the bottom of this urban #lake, providing food, refuge, and oxygen for #fish and #macroinvertebrates.

#aquastemconsulting #lakemanagement #environmentalconsulting #aquaticplants #macroalgae #fieldworkfriday #fridaysinthefield

Checking out #vallisneria probably an aquarium throwout candidate for #unionlist #invasivespecies

Aquatic food webs in alien pondweed #Myriophyllum spicatum (in Gulf of Mexico) are more complex than those in native #Vallisneria americana (which has a simpler structure) #invasivespecies