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    The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a small freshwater mussel. The species originates from the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine, but has been...
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    despite some very superficial similarities in appearance. Freshwater zebra mussels and their relatives in the family Dreissenidae are not related to previously...
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  • this immediate area, provide a suitable environment for zebra mussel attachment. Zebra mussel infestations have been found to clog the individual intakes...
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    quagga mussel resembles the zebra mussel, just as its namesake (quagga) resembles the zebra. The quagga mussel shell can be distinguished from the zebra mussel...
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    predation of zebra mussels at any stage of development has not made a significant contribution to the long-term reduction of zebra mussel populations....
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  • commonly known as the zebra mussel, live in freshwater and are native to southern lakes in Russia and Ukraine. The zebra mussel has become an invasive...
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    (link) "Zebra Mussel Watch". Friends of Lake Powell. 2009. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013. "Zebra Mussels detected...
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  • dreissenids are Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra mussel) and Dreissena rostriformis (Quagga mussel). These mussels damage both ecological systems and human...
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    detected zebra mussels in Highline Lake in September 2022. Further testing the following month found an established population of the mussels in the lake...
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    bloom growths. Zebra mussels, an aquatic invasive species, became established in Mille Lacs Lake around 2005. The presence of zebra mussels has reduced the...
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    an invasive species. Another well-travelled freshwater bivalve, the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) originated in southeastern Russia, and has been...
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    Lakes include the zebra mussel, which was first discovered in 1988, and quagga mussel in 1989. Since 2000, the invasive quagga mussel has smothered the...
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    Byssus (redirect from Mussel beard)
    preventing the fouling of marine structures by invasive mussel species such as the zebra and quagga mussel. Byssus is a remarkable adhesive, one that is neither...
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    on the freshwater drum's impact on the invasive zebra mussel in northern lakes and rivers. Zebra mussels are consumed by freshwater drum once they reach...
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    The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae...
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    members of the genera Dreissena (including an endemic subspecies of zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha aralensis), Hypanis, and the lagoon cockle (Cerastoderma...
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    are categorized as aquatic nuisance species, including in particular zebra mussels and Eurasian ruffe. To extend upon NANPCA, NISA authorizes regulation...
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    drainages of some of its tributaries. It is threatened by the introduced zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Lampsilis higginsii is a federally listed endangered...
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    the feet of swimmers. Zebra mussels have been found in less than 5% of Wisconsin lakes predicted to be suitable for zebra mussels. However, they were detected...
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    predation, and salinity. Zebra mussel The Black Sea along with the Caspian Sea is part of the zebra mussel's native range. The mussel has been accidentally...
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    ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-21. "Invasive Zebra Mussels Found in Pet Stores in 21 States". USGS. "Zebra mussel disposal". FWS. 26 April 2021. "State asks...
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  • of zebra mussels as they became established, studied the environmental impacts of zebra mussels in the lake including the decline of native mussel populations...
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    has become the first area of freshwater in Wales to be infested with zebra mussels – an alien species to the UK which multiplies rapidly to the detriment...
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    Dreissenid Mussels" (PDF). US Fish & Wildlife. 2012. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2018. "zebra mussel (Dreissena...
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    is especially a concern for wildland firefighters because quagga and zebra mussel invasion and wildfires co-occur in the American West. Island restoration...
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    compare your catch to the Waco Lake Fish Records. In the fall of 2014, Zebra mussels were spotted in Lake Waco. The city of Waco worked with the US Army...
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    support for the bill or intent to vote. Wikisource has media related to: Zebra Mussel Act filibuster The Legislature of the Province of Ontario has witnessed...
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    false mussel family, Dreissenidae. It is commonly known as Conrad's false mussel or the dark false mussel. It can look very similar to the zebra mussel, with...
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    (Phytolacca dodecandra) to Control the Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), Chapter 37, pp. 643–656, in Zebra Mussels Biology, Impacts, and Control, Thomas...
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    vary as well. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) has estimated zebra mussel economic effects at $300,000 per year, while a United States Army Corps...
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