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Waterways & Wetlands

Introduction

1 A look at ponds and waterways

2 Waterway and wetland ecology

3 Management for conservation and amenity

4 Waterways, wetlands and the law

5 Safety, equipment and organisation

6 New ponds

7 Artificial linings

8 The planting and management of new ponds

9 Pond and waterway restoration

10 Banks, revetments and access

11 Islands & rafts

12 Ditches and pipes

13 Dams, weirs and sluices

14 Vegetation management

Introduction

Aquatic vegetation control

Cutting, digging and raking

Chemical control

Environmental and biological control

Bankside vegetation management

Wetland vegetation management

Reedbeds

Osiers

Wetlands for water treatment

Appendix A Vegetation tables

Appendix B Convertation and the volunteer worker

Appendix C Conservation and amenity organisations

Appendix D Specialist suppliers

Appendix E Site studies and surveys

Bibliography

Glossary

Book:	Waterways & Wetlands
Chapter:	14 Vegetation management
Section:	Chemical control
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Herbicides

The use of aquatic herbicides is strictly controlled, and herbicides can only be applied by trained operators. For a full discussion of this subject see 'Guidelines for the use of herbicides on weeds in or near watercourses and lakes' (MAFF, 1995). See bankside vegetation management for notes on herbicide control of some weeds of stream and riverbanks.

Barley straw for control of algae

See planting and management of new ponds