Thursday, June 18, 2009

Quagga mussels overtaking zebra mussels in Great Lakes

Zebra mussels are being muscled out of the Great Lakes by cousin quagga.

Research done by a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral candidate showed the quagga mussel to have become the dominant of the two species in the calm waters of the Great Lakes while the zebra mussel covers the bottoms of faster-moving waters in rivers and streams, UW-Madison announced in a news release. [Full Story]

Source: The Capital Times

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