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    Assessing effects and fate of environmental contaminants in invasive, native, and endangered macrophytes

    Year: 2021, 2021
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Sesin, Verena, Thesis advisor (ths): Freeland, Joanna R, Thesis advisor (ths): Davy, Christina M, Degree committee member (dgc): Gilbert, Janice M, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Macrophytes play an important role in aquatic ecosystems, and thus are integral to ecological risk assessments of environmental contaminants. In this dissertation, I address gaps in the assessments of contaminant fate and effects in macrophytes, with focus on glyphosate herbicide use for invasive plant control. First, I evaluated the suitability of Typha as future standard test species… more