Establishing native submersed aquatic vegetation at Times Beach, Buffalo, New York

<jats:p>Establishing native submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in reservoirs, lakes, and ponds involves several considerations, including sources and types of transplant propagules, fluctuating water levels, and herbivory (Smart et al. 1998). Over the past 20 years, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Lab researchers have developed methods for stablishing native SAV that address these issues. While consistently and successfully applied in the southern United States (Dick et al. 2005), their applicability to northern waterbodies remains untested. This two-part demonstration study evaluated several SAV establishment techniques in a constructed wetland adjacent to Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York.</jats:p>