Claim · model-written summary
Elodea nuttallii was among the most abundant alien aquatic plants, excluding Elodea canadensis.
- Taxon
- E. nuttallii
Elodea nuttalliie3 - Outcome
- recordse3
- Qualifier
- most abundante3
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Verbatim
e3“Excluding this species, we counted more than 300 records of the occurrence of alien aquatic plants, of which three ( E. nuttallii , Azolla filiculoides and Lemna turionifera ) were the most abundant”
Title
Mateusz Draga; Ewa Szczęśniak; Stanisław Rosadziński; et al. Global Ecology and Conservation 2024. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03247
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Fifteen neophyte alien aquatic plant taxa were recorded in Poland.
- Observation Elodea canadensis was the most frequent alien aquatic plant, with over 25 000 records.
- Observation Azolla filiculoides was among the most abundant alien aquatic plants, excluding Elodea canadensis.
- Observation Lemna turionifera was among the most abundant alien aquatic plants, excluding Elodea canadensis.
- Observation Ten alien aquatic plant species occurred only in isolated sites.
- Association The number of aquatic neophyte sites increased substantially in the last 20 years in Poland, in line with rising air temperatures.
- Association Azolla filiculoides spread with raised average temperatures in Poland.
- Association Elodea nuttallii expanded irrespective of the temperature factor.
- Association Lemna turionifera expanded irrespective of the temperature factor.
- Observation Vallisneria spiralis occurred exclusively in high thermally altered or thermally contaminated waters.
- Observation Hygrophila polysperma occurred exclusively in high thermally altered or thermally contaminated waters.
- Association Elevated temperatures and thermally polluted freshwater ecosystems play a major role in the distribution of alien aquatic plants.