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Host specific - Answer Refers to an organism that will only survive when it has a specific food source (the host) available. The term is used when referring to a biological control agent such as an insect that can survive only on the target pest (e.g. weed) that it is intended to suppress. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Answer A pest management strategy that uses various combinations of pest control methods in a compatible manner to achieve satisfactory control and ensure favorable economic and environmental consequences. Maintenance control (of aquatic weeds) - Answer A method for the control of aquatic plants in which control techniques are utilized in coordinated manner on a continuous basis in order to maintain the plant population at the lowest feasible level. Management goal - Answer As applied to aquatic plant management, the amount and/or types of plants that will be controlled or allowed to grow to best satisfy all water uses. This is often formally agreed upon by representatives of all water use interests. Multi-use water body - Answer A water body that is used for more than one purpose such as fishing, waterskiing, waterfowl hunting, and domestic water supply. Native plant - Answer A plant species whose natural range includes Florida. Nitrogen - Answer A naturally occurring element in soils that is required in large amounts for plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants if no other factors are limiting. Nonnative plant - Answer A plant species introduced to Florida, purposefully or accidentally, from a natural range outside of Florida Phosphorus - Answer A naturally occurring element in soils that is required in small amounts for plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants (especially algae and floating plants) if no other factors are limiting. Plant nutrients - Answer Elements, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, that are required for plant growth Productive water bodies - Answer Those water bodies that support large amounts of plant growth as well as abundant aquatic organisms because they are high in nutrients, especially phosphorus and nitrogen. 2,4-D - Answer Introduced in 1946, the first synthetic herbicide used. It was extremely effective and economical to use and was not toxic to fish, cattle, or humans. River and Harbor Act of 1899 - Answer Federal legislation that authorized construction and operation of vessels and log booms for the removal and containment of water hyacinth in navigable waters of Florida and Louisiana Florida Department of Natural Resources (DNR) - Answer Agency designated, in 1970, as Florida's lead agency in aquatic plant control; responsibilities later transferred to FWC Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) - Answer Florida's lead agency for fish and wildlife management, formerly Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission United State Army Corps of Engineers (COE or USACE) - Answer The engineering branch of the United States Army A lake that is used by fishermen, hunters, and water-skiers would best be defined as what kind of lake? - Answer Multi-use lake Abundant in Florida soils, which is a plant nutrient that is often limiting to plant growth in lakes? - Answer Phosphorus Which is a plant nutrient, common in fertilizer that limits plant growth if it is in short supply? - Answer Nitrogen Which of the following is a nonnative plant that is problematic in Florida's waters? - Answer Hydrilla What would be a likely management goal for a drainage canal? - Answer Minimizing vegetation Which term best relates to integrated management of aquatic weeds? - Answer Maintenance control Which is not one of the most common methods of integrated management of aquatic weeds? - Answer Demolition Which two nonnative plants influenced, prior to 1965, the development of aquatic plant management in Florida? - Answer Waterhyacinth and alligatorweed Which of the following, after 1947, was used to effectively and economically control waterhyacinths, and was not toxic to humans, wildlife, or cattle? - Answer 2,4-D Which of the following initiated a limited herbicide spray program in 1952 using an airplane and spray-boat? - Answer FG & FWFC Which of the following plants, first discovered in canals near Miami and Crystal River, changed the aquatic plant control situation in 1959? - Answer Hydrilla