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 […]
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 […]
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 Clarksville, Arkansas Presentation Description: Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) have invaded surface waters throughout North America and Western Europe, including urban and rural streams. Their proliferation […]
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, such as the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), pose an ongoing concern for potential introduction and establishment in the western United States. This study applied habitat suitability […]
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 significant mortality due to competition and fouling by the Eurasian zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Habitats whose water chemistry is suboptimal for the zebra mussel could […]