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Lake Michigan fish populations threatened by decline of tiny creature

Biology /

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The quick decline of a tiny shrimp-like species, known scientifically as Diporeia, is related to the aggressive population growth of non-native quagga mussels in the Great Lakes, say NOAA scientists. As invasive mussel numbe ...


California tries to stop quagga mussels

Biology /

created Mar 21, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Several California communities are banning recreational boats on inland waterways to keep out invasive quagga mussels.


Zebra mussels

Missouri officials want to contain mussels

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Wildlife officials in Missouri are trying to get boaters to help stop the spread of invasive zebra mussels through the region's lakes and rivers.


The invasive green mussel may inspire new forms of wet adhesion

Invasive mussel may inspire new adhesive

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The green mussel is known for being a notoriously invasive fouling species, but scientists have just discovered that it also has a very powerful form of adhesion in its foot, according to ...


Quagga mussels threaten western U.S. waters, researcher reports

Quagga mussels threaten western U.S. waters, researcher reports

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Pipe-clogging invasive mussels caused up to $1.5 billion in damage across 23 states between 1989 and 2007. Now, fingernail-sized quagga mussels, a close relative of zebra mussels, have spread to the West and ...


Northwest fears that invasive mussels are headed its way

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Highly invasive mussels are lurking on the Northwest's doorstep, threatening to gum up the dams that produce the region's cheap electricity, clog drinking water and irrigation systems, jeopardize aquatic ecosystems and upset ...


Researchers Reveal That Environmentally Devastating Zebra Mussels Can Be Controlled

Researchers Reveal That Environmentally Devastating Zebra Mussels Can Be Controlled

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Cloaked in a delicate brown and cream striped shell and measuring a mere inch in length, the zebra mussel certainly doesn’t look ominous. This tiny invasive species, however, has wreaked havoc in waterways ...


Invasive mussels imperil western water system (AP)

Invasive mussels imperil western water system

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Two years after an invasive mussel was first discovered at Lake Mead, the population has firmly established itself and gone on a breeding binge, with numbers soaring into the trillions.


Researchers study 'fundamental, amazing change' in Great Lakes

Researchers study 'fundamental, amazing change' in Great Lakes (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Lakes are in the midst of a remarkable ecological transformation, driven largely by the blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of non-native mussels.


Zebra Mussel

Microwave zapping kills invasive species before the invasion

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 3

Scientists in Louisiana are reporting development and successful testing of a new cost-effective system to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride to the United States in the ballast water of merchant ...



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