Another bummer!

[sorseress]

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article350785.ece

 

[DHyslop]

Which do we prefer, global warming or dam building?

Dan

 

[bobwonderbuns]

Boy, in Michigan we have a slightly different problem -- lakes and rivers around here are both depleted and clean (thanks to the infamous Zebra Mussle!) That has its own set of problems.

 

[Mizu]

we so need freshwater octos to clean out the zebra mussles

 

[Steve O'Shea]

Boy, in Michigan we have a slightly different problem -- lakes and rivers around here are both depleted and clean (thanks to the infamous Zebra Mussel!) That has its own set of problems.

Has anyone explored a commercial use for this mussel? As in chowder? We have many marine invasives in New Zealand and this year I've got 3 students looking at the role they play in food webs. I've a sneaking suspicion that they are extremely important in coastal food webs given the extent of anthropogenic impact, loss of diversity and associated weak links in food chains (leaving us with a few strong links .... a system liable to crash in the event we lose something else).

 

[Mizu]

Zebra mussles are very small
like baby clam kinda small
would take a LOT of them to make chowder