by Ceci Weibert | Mar 2, 2020
The Invasive Species Council of BC (ISCBC) has undertaken a pilot project designed to support BC’s freshwater sustainability through the prevention of the introduction of aquatic invasive species, particularly invasive Zebra and Quagga mussels. Over a three-year...
by Ceci Weibert | Mar 2, 2020
CSISS provides outreach to communities, aquatic industry, and visiting tourists, about preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. CSISS also monitors for invasive mussel veligers and adults through plankton and substrate sampling. CSISS samples 12 waterbodies...
by Zeineb Bouhlel | Jun 12, 2019
This project developed an eDNA protocol for detecting zebra mussels in Minnesota waters. Fieldwork determined that eDNA is useful to predict presence/absence of invasive mussels, but not biomass.
by Zeineb Bouhlel | Jun 12, 2019
Adult zebra mussels were discovered during a normal drawdown of Lake Zorinsky in November 2010. Following confirmation of infestation, an additional seven foot drawdown of Lake Zorinsky took place in December 2010, and the lake was drained to the maximum drawdown...
by Zeineb Bouhlel | Jun 12, 2019
Veligers were discovered in water quality samples from Glenn Cunningham Lake in May 2017, and adult zebra mussels were confirmed on samplers in July 2018. The lake was drained in the fall of 2018 to freeze and kill any zebra mussels and was left to naturally refill in...
by Zeineb Bouhlel | Jun 12, 2019
From the Final Summary Report: “Offutt Air Force Base contracted URS Group, Inc. to treat Lake Offutt in an attempt to eradicate zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). A United States Environmental Protection Agency Special Local Need Label was acquired in order to...
by Zeineb Bouhlel | Jun 12, 2019
In 1995 a veliger monitoring program was launched in Lake George, conducted at 12 different sites. The locations are surveyed biweekly during the summer months, and the program is ongoing today. In the event that veligers are identified in a sample, SCUBA surveys are...
by Zeineb Bouhlel | May 29, 2019
USGS has been actively engaged in evaluations of different control methods since 2011. Experiments and sampling are performed in the laboratory as well as in field trials. The program includes evaluation of both target and non-target impacts, particularly on native...
by Ceci Weibert | May 28, 2019
A zebra and quagga mussel (Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis, respectively) control demonstration project is underway in Good Harbor Bay near the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire, Michigan. The goal of this project is to evaluate the...
by Zeineb Bouhlel | May 9, 2019
In 2007, quagga mussels were detected in the Colorado River (feeding Lake Mead, Lake Mojave, and Lake Havasu) while zebra mussels were found in the San Justo Reservoir in California in 2008. Between 2007 and 2015 monitoring and sampling was performed in 425 lakes...
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