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Continued from page 1, APIRS Database Search Examples
 For revegetation/restoration, search:
restore reveg* transplant* reestabl* mitigat* reclaim* rec-
lama* aquascap* recover*)
 For tissue culture, search:
microprop* '-timi t culture" kane* cloning*
 For utilization, .pc .- f. the type of use you are interested in
and a plant name, if appropriate. Search:
+utilization +(drug* medicine* pharmac* ethnobot*)
 or search: +utilization +(biofertiliz* <.inpoF mulch* ma-
nur* fertilizer amend* enrich* organic*)
 or search: +utilization +(food feed diet forage) +utilization
+(bird duck ducks waterfowl)
 or search: +utilization +animal*
 For herbicides in the environment, search the herbicide ge-
neric name (not the trade name) (Ex: blammo)
+blammo +(persist* toxic* mobil* risk* degrad* bioacum*
residu* dimip.h bioconcen* fate biodegrad*)
 If too many citations are retrieved, add the keyword "' I, .- i,":
+blammo -*- &i i +fi'in i i 'i toxic* mobil* risk* qi .- .l "
bioaccum* residu* dissipa* bioconcen* fate biodegrad* )
 For control of plants, search
"chemical control" or "mechanical control" or "biological
control" or -, ni ,, .. control"
 For how to grow plants, search
grow* r..i.. cultiva* horticu*
 Add hobby aquari* for growing plants in tanks.
 For plants used in pollution control systems, search
"pollution control"
 For created or constructed wetlands, search:
+wetland*+(creat* construct* artific* manmade* man-made*)
 For the success or failure of these wetlands, combine the
above search with:
(assess* success monitor* evaluate* failure* result* survive* efficen*)
Note: Using ific. success will retrieve many citations on plant
succession.
 For erosion, search: (erosion* erod* scouring*)
 For erosion control, search:
"erosion control" "erosion control" "bank stabili*"
 For citations on invasions by exotic i i, search:
(noxious* threat infest* obstruct* inva* spread* impact*
exotic* non-indig* non-nativ* introduce ) economic* may
also be used but this greatly increases the yield. To reduce either
search, repeat the search with "plant i i '
 P. .i mI_' copper as an herbicide search:
+copper +("chemical control" herbicid*)
 as a heavy metal or pollution, search:
-+- pu'. '" +(metal* pollut* sediment* bioaccumu*)
 or search pni_ r -chemical*
 For seagrasses. use the genus names:
(zostera halodule enhalus posidonia syringodium amphibolis
heterozostera th..i..i,.,;..1h h.liha.i ruppia cymodocea pi& iih,1.,|l; ,11
S.1.1 i -..._ .. withno genus name will retrieve fewer references.
 APIRS contains a small number of cites on mangroves. Use
the genus names: avicennia rhizophora laguncularia
 For cites on aquatic soils or sediment, search:
+aquatic +(hydrosoil* substrat* sediment*)


 For cites on models or systems, search:
system* stud* model* profile* predict* assess*
 These keywords can be combined with categories such as lakes
or wetland or rivers to make the search more specific:
+rivers -!\' '(',im" stud* model* profile* o :edkit assess*)
 For citations on the effects of drought or flood or water level
fluctuations, search:
+effects +(moist* saturat* flood* drought* level* inundat* wa-
terlog* hydrolog* hydroperiod* fluctuat*)
 For cites on the benefits of aquatic plants, search:
benefit* valu* habitat* host* economic*
 To limit the search, add review and/or scientific plant names:
+review* benefiti valu* habitat* host* economic*)
+hydrilla* benefiti value* habitat* host* economic*)
 For cites on flowing water research, search:
16m ,im, amv- ioim nl, resist* velocit* ,1111111;" coeffici* friction*
(Note: *.. ... him" 1in will retrieve a lot of citations on flowering.)
 For cites on growth or productivity of plants, search:
"" imq il rate" it noj" ti competit* biomass* succession
 For cites on plants that kill or repel, search:
phytochemicall* phenolic* allelo* defense* toxic)
 Note: Using with toxic will retrieve citations on herbicide
toxicology and toxicity.
 For cites on plant. I .i ,o,.i-ii do not simply search, ii ii .n
tion. This word has been used to indicate the geographic location
where research efforts took place. Search the plant name and:
Ih I tl f."-,. (-,,.tt record") occurr* loca* flora range survey
distrib* '-, -R" iph' h Ii 1I &, 0' p % i6nu.n ;nl")
 For citations on evapotranspiration, search: t' .: .
 This will retrieve citations with -., ,c ti ,.,i and evapotranspira-
tion. Use .mo, for citations on transpiration.

Search for Yourself
 Do you think APIRS has it all? Why not perform some self
searching to find out. If you have a less-than-common surname,
type it into the author field: sculthorpe
 If you have a name like mine,. Brown, combine it with some-
thing unique, or close to unique, and enter it into the Search All
Fields area: +brown* +aquaphyte*
 If you work on a specific plant species, or a particular area of
study i i. ',,,.1'j. .di,,' or in a specific .. ..,- .i.ql, region
(France., Africa., Wisconsin), combine that with your surname.
 +Adamec* +Utricularia*
 +Haller* +hydrilla*
 +Dutartre* +France

To Contribute Publications to APIRS Online
 In exchange for free use of the database, users regularly contrib-
ute reprints, reports and books to be cataloged and entered into the
database. Many regional research centers around the world also
contribute relevant publications. We rely on these .,...ii.it. to
maintain a comprehensive collection for you.
 APIRS collects and catalogs journal articles, books, book chap-
ters, agency reports and other pi l, hi. I scientific literature. Send
your published work as reprints, 1 i... ,i. or PDF's to:
Ms. Karen Brown, APIRS
University of Florida-IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653 U.S.A.
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