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Decline of Utricularia australis populations and increase in Utricularia gibba

Figure 1: decline of Utricularia australis populations (blue line) in Northland lakes and corresponding increase in lakes colonised by Utricularia gibba (orange line) from 1984 to present. [Paul Champion]