Aquatic biocontrol seems to be an area that has had little input with few, if any, examples. Is anyone able to provide information on past or future studies within this topic?
Can you be little elaborative what exactly you wish to discuss? Are you interested in invasive species?
By asking this question I hope to find a starting point to begin research into biological control attempts, or become aware of ongoing studies, which have targeted freshwater or marine species. Or even species that are based around large bodies of water. These species do not have to be invasive however I would image that the majority studied are.
To conclude my question is asking: Regarding the biocontrol of species in aquatic environments... Have any studies looked into, or are looking into, this area.
Thank you for your contribution,
Jamie Bojko
OK, Biological control in aquatic ecosystems are not weird. Maybe this topic have be removed from the main issue on predartor prey ecology. You must ask about marine ecosystem or continental ecosystems (salt water or fresh water). I was workin on Insects (Notonectidae) that prey Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti). You must look William Murdoch Papers (fresh water issues).
A lot of work has been done on sea lamprey in the US-Canada Great Lakes. Control approaches have been varied - physical barriers, electric barriers, lampricide to target larvae, male sterilization. Current research includes pheromones and necromones.
I have cited some references on the biocontrolling aspects of Zebra Musssel.
1. http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/ewr/water/pp-mgmt/pubs/41909/41909%20project%20overview%20Jan14_05.pdf
2. http://www.aquaticnuisance.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Dreissena-Novel-Green-Technology-for-Dreissena-Control-4-Malloy.pdf
3. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/osceola/pdf/cuda_review_biocontrol_paper.pdf
I was worked on some freshwater fishes of India which are found good biocontrol agents of mosquito larvae.
I have supervised a project concerned bio-control of mosquito larvae in wastewater treatment plant, I have used 2 effective factors; raising the salinity by threshold degree enough to kill Culex larvae (the local species) and inoculating the backswimmer insects by high numbers. I have found this 2 ways very effective.
The western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) is a species of freshwater fish, also known commonly, were introduced directly into ecosystems in many parts of the world as a biocontrol to lower mosquito populations.
The downside to this action is that it in turn negatively affected many other species in each distinct bioregion.
I agree with Azubuike by that using mosquitofish should be taken by great care in well harmonized aquatic ecosystem. During a previous work, I have inoculated one closely-related species of mosquitofish; the killi fish (Aphanius dispar) which is high-salinity tolerant and have found that the larvae numbers was significantly decreased.
Are there any references for your work which you wouldnt mind providing me with?
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