Sunday, November 2, 2008

DEC: Tiny water fleas pose big problem

Invasive insects found in Great Sacandaga Lake

Friday, October 31, 2008
By Jason Subik (Contact) Gazette Reporter

GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE — State Department of Environmental Conservation officials said Thursday that evidence of an aquatic invasive species known as the “spiny water flea” has been discovered in the Great Sacandaga Lake, its first known appearance in an inland body of water in the state.

DEC spokesman David Winchell said the spiny flea isn’t a flea at all but a crustacean, similar to a tiny shrimp, native to Europe and Asia. (More)

Source: The Daily Gazette

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