Biologists Enlist Fish to Fight Aquatic Weeds

Mountain Xpress | August 23, 2005
Unchecked, hydrilla can fill lakes and ponds with dense, green curtains that choke out native species and snare boats and swimmers. But it appears to have met its match in another equally exotic species -- the sterile grass carp.

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