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Article: Survey giant salvinia with remote sensing?
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- May 6, 2002
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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 May 2002-US ARS: Survey giant salvinia with remote sensing? (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Infestations of giant salvinia, one of the world's worst water weeds, might be more easily detected using airborne color-infrared photography.
This fern, known to scientists as Salvinia molesta, forms dense mats in ponds, lakes and reservoirs. The mats use up oxygen that fish, insects and other aquatic dwellers require. They also clog irrigation and electrical-generating systems and snarl swimming, boating and waterskiing.
Color-infrared photography, taken from aircraft-mounted cameras, is a fast and ...