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 first time in 2017. The state declared a Natural Resource Emergency and took aggressive steps to address containment and expand watercraft inspection. Five years following […]
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 of zebra mussels within a waterbody are thought to be influenced by temperature and dissolved oxygen conditions, but detailed information to confirm the importance of […]
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 […]
https://youtu.be/o9hfrH5LVuY The duality of shell deposition: how zebra mussel shells introduce a novel substrate in urban and degrade habitat in rural streams by Darrin Hunt with the University of the Ozarks in […]
Thu, Feb 20, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST This webinar will be a presentation and walk-through of the Mussel Rapid Response in the Western Basins website. The presentation […]
https://youtu.be/PppU4MGA90w Presentations: Tools to identify water bodies critical to the western spread of an invasive species by David Creamer, Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Damaging aquatic invasive species, […]
https://youtu.be/Kv9R8VI58AM Presentations: The limited co-existence of zebra mussels and native mussels in the Richelieu River over the past 25 years by Kennedy Zwarych, McGill University North American unionid mussel populations have experienced […]
IMC Webinar: Golden Mussel Planning & Response https://youtu.be/KsHDWk8cWIc Webinar Summary: This webinar highlights perspectives on the issue of invasive golden mussels (Limnoperna fortunei). A panel of six experts will discuss […]