Scientists from across the globe will gather in the heart of North America for IAGLR's 63rd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. Hosted by IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Winnipeg, Canada, the conference will feature four days of scientific sessions, speakers, and discussions centered around the theme 2020: Focusing on the Future. Attendees will also have […]
Recorded August 27, 2020 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET This webinar hosted by the Invasive Mussel Collaborative discusses three recent zebra and quagga mussel control studies: projects using Zequanox® on Round Lake in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Zequanox® in Lake Michigan’s Good Harbor Bay, and EarthTec QZ on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. Presenters: Dr. […]
Recorded October 28, 2020 11:00 am-12:30 pm ET This webinar discusses the development of invasive mussel risk models informed by watercraft inspection and boater movement data. This webinar features the ARMOR model, built in New York to streamline the process of boat inspections for invasive species management, and a predictive model for Minnesota assessing […]
The Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference (UMISC) is a biennial conference that addresses all taxa of invasive species. In 2020, UMISC will celebrate 12 years of connecting the invasive species […]
Recorded January 13, 2021 2:00-3:30 pm ET This webinar features presentations on the effects of the fish community on Dreissenid colonization of native Unionid species and the status of native mussels within the Detroit River, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario basins. Presenters will include: Doug Kapusinski, Ph.D, Unites States Army Corps of Engineers Presentation […]
The 81st Annual Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference will be held virtually, Monday, February 1 - Thursday, February 4, 2021. Please join us! The theme of the 2021 Midwest Fish […]
Event details: Date: Monday, March 1 – Thursday, March 4, 2021 Location: Via GoToMeetingand GoToWebinar Note: This is a free platform and no account is necessary. Please ensure you have access to a stable internet connection during the event. We will […]
Great Lakes Now hosted a watch party on March 30, 2021 to premiere their episode "Mussel Pains" which highlighted the Good Harbor Reef Dreissenid Mussel Control Demonstration Project conducted by the Invasive Mussel Collaborative and partners. The event was hosted on Facebook Live and included Erika Jensen, Interim Executive Director of the Great Lakes Commission; […]
Fellow researchers from around the world will gather online for IAGLR's 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. Hosted by Michigan Technological University, the virtual conference will feature four days of […]
Recorded: January 25, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET. Presenters Sergei Katsev, University of Minnesota-Duluth and Derek Schlea, LimnoTech will present the latest research on the role dreissenid mussels play […]
Recorded: June 6, 2022, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Presenters Ashley Elgin with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Diane Waller with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Jeff […]
Recorded: October 20, 2022, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Title: Montana Mussel Response: 5 Years Following Detection Description: Dreissenid mussel veligers were detected in Montana for the […]
A partial recording of the webinar is available now Presenters Angelique Dahlberg Ph.D. candidate with University of Minnesota, and Matt Barbour Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey present on lessons […]
Presentations include Mussel squeeze: dissolved oxygen and temperature can “squeeze” zebra mussels out of invaded reservoirs by Rich Miller and Crysta Gantz with Portland State University, Portland, OR Survivorship and distribution […]
Presentations include: More than we bargained for: Zebra mussels transported amongst European native freshwater snails by James Dickey with Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany The international pet trade is a major driver of non-native species spread, including species both sold in the trade, and organisms incidentally transported alongside. Here, we […]
Presentation #1: Context matters: Understanding the role of temperature in chemical control of quagga mussels in high conductivity waters by Michael Booth with the University of Cincinnati, Department of Biological Sciences In December 2013, quagga mussels were found in Lake Piru, a water storage reservoir in southern California, leading to concerns regarding the spread of […]
https://youtu.be/sW9fG_bvujI Presentation: Quagga mussel food choice at the HAB buffet by Anna Boegehold with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research and Vincent Denef with the University of Michigan Description: Dreissenid mussels (quagga and zebra mussels) are powerful ecosystem engineers in the Laurentian Great Lakes, causing short and long term changes to phytoplankton such as algae and cyanobacteria. In […]