Aquatic Plants & Insects
Aquatic plants provide food and habitat for fish, aquatic insects and terrestrial wildlife, and help prevent turbidity by stabilizing lake sediments. They protect shorelines from erosion by absorbing wave action and act as a critical filter of runoff from the land.
The abundance and diversity of aquatic insects indicate the health of the aquatic environment. They are essential in the food chain in water and on land as they are an important food source for other insects, bats, birds, invertebrates and fish.
As with all things in nature, too many aquatic plants cause:
- A nuisance for swimming
- Water flow to be impeded and flooding as a result
- Less appealing drinking water
- Less dissolved oxygen for fish
- Boating difficulties
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