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American Wildcelery (Vallisneria americana):
Ecological Considerations for Restoration

Tables and Figures

Table 6. Vallisneria americana biomass from various locations in Wisconsin (from Donnermeyer 1982).

Site Average biomass dry weight (g/m2) Source
Trout Lake, N.E. Wisconsin 0.001 Wilson (1941)
Silver Lake, N.E. Wisconsin 0.02 Wilson (1935)
Sweeny Lake, N.E. Wisconsin 0.04 Wilson (1937)
Green Lake, S.E. Wisconsin 0.5 Rickett (1924)
Green Lake, S.E. Wisconsin 3.9 Bumby (1977)
Lake Mendota, S.E. Wisconsin 67.0 Rickett (1922)
Navigation Pool 8, Upper Mississippi River 93.4 Sefton (1976)
Navigation Pool 7, Upper Mississippi River 170.3a (1980) C. E. Korschgen (unpublished data)
149.5a (1981)
Naviagation Pool 9, Upper Mississippi River 171.1a (1980) C. E. Korschgen (unpublished data)
176.0a (1981)
Navigation Pool 9, Upper Mississippi River 154.6a (1980) C. E. Korschgen (unpublished data)
109.7a (1981)
Navigation Pool 9, Upper Mississippi River 176.6b Donnermeyer (1982)
144.5c
Navigation Pool 9, Upper Mississippi River 217.3d Donnermeyer (1982)
173.6e
Lake Mendota, S.E. Wisconsin 344 Titus and Adams (1979a)

aShoot biomass only, measured in August 1980.
bShoot biomass only, measured on 1 September 1980.
cShoot biomass only, measured on 14 August 1980.
dTotal biomass, measured on 1 September 1980.
eTotal biomass, measured on 14 August 1980.

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