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Zequanox to get rid of zebra mussels; the product is made from dead bacteria

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To help prevent spread, inspect your boats hull, drive unit, trim plates, trolling plates, prop guards, transducers, centerboards, rollers, axles, anchors, anchor rope and trailer

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To help prevent spread, inspect your boats hull, drive unit, trim plates, trolling plates, prop guards, transducers, centerboards, rollers, axles, anchors, anchor rope and trailer

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Zebra mussels in the Great Lakes can rapidly cover submerged surfaces, clogging up water intakes at water treatment facilities and power plants. Removing this invasive species costs an estimated $500 million annually in the Great Lakes alone. 24 Power companies spend an estimated $1.5 million each year to control kudzu vines growing on power lines.

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Zebra mussels in the Great Lakes can rapidly cover submerged surfaces, clogging up water intakes at water treatment facilities and power plants. Removing this invasive species costs an estimated $500 million annually in the Great Lakes alone. 24 Power companies spend an estimated $1.5 million each year to control kudzu vines growing on power lines.

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clean weeds and debris from your boats, and remove any attached zebra mussels,

drain your boat, live wells, and bait wells, and keep all drain plugs out while traveling,

dispose of unwanted bait in the trash, and

dry docks, lifts, swim rafts and other equipment for at least 21 days before placing equipment into another water body

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Passive drift of large numbers of pelagic larval veligers allows invasion downstream. Yearlings are able to detach and drift for short distances.

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Passive drift of large numbers of pelagic larval veligers allows invasion downstream. Yearlings are able to detach and drift for short distances.

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The rapid invasion of North American waterways has been facilitated by the zebra mussel's ability to disperse during all life stages.

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The rapid invasion of North American waterways has been facilitated by the zebra mussel's ability to disperse during all life stages.

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attach to boat motors and boat hulls, reducing performance and efficiency,attach to rocks, swim rafts and ladders where swimmers can cut their feet on the mussel shells, andclog irrigation intakes and other pipes.

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attach to boat motors and boat hulls, reducing performance and efficiency,attach to rocks, swim rafts and ladders where swimmers can cut their feet on the mussel shells, andclog irrigation intakes and other pipes.

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Invasive species can also impact human health. Invasive zebra mussels accumulate toxins in their tissues like PCB's and PAH's. When other organisms prey on these mussels, the toxins are passed up the food chain and can also enter animals consumed by humans.

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Invasive species can also impact human health. Invasive zebra mussels accumulate toxins in their tissues like PCB's and PAH's. When other organisms prey on these mussels, the toxins are passed up the food chain and can also enter animals consumed by humans.

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Zebra mussels promote the presence of blue-green algae blooms, caused byMicrocystis species, which produce a group of toxins known as microcysins. Microcysins have been shown to cause death in both terrestrial and aquatic animals. In humans the toxin is believed to damage the liver

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Zebra mussels promote the presence of blue-green algae blooms, caused byMicrocystis species, which produce a group of toxins known as microcysins. Microcysins have been shown to cause death in both terrestrial and aquatic animals. In humans the toxin is believed to damage the liver

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Zebra mussels decreases the oxygen levels

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They prefer algae-rich, shallow water ranging in depths of 6 to 30 feet.

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They prefer algae-rich, shallow water ranging in depths of 6 to 30 feet.

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a potential economic impact of 5 billion dollars in the U.S. and Canada within the Great Lake regions alone over the next 10 years

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a potential economic impact of 5 billion dollars in the U.S. and Canada within the Great Lake regions alone over the next 10 years

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Zebra Mussels Alter the EnvironmentZebra mussels are filter feeders. They strain water for the food they need. Unused food is bound with mucous into a pellet called pseudofeces, which is ejected. Each adult zebra mussel can filter about one liter of water per day. Nearly all particulate matter, including phytoplankton and some small forms of zooplankton, are removed. These microscopic plants and animals are the base of the food chain. Small fish, such as young sportfish or forage fish, depend on this food for survival and growth. The long-term consequences of removing so much food from the environment is still being studied.

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Zebra Mussels Alter the EnvironmentZebra mussels are filter feeders. They strain water for the food they need. Unused food is bound with mucous into a pellet called pseudofeces, which is ejected. Each adult zebra mussel can filter about one liter of water per day. Nearly all particulate matter, including phytoplankton and some small forms of zooplankton, are removed. These microscopic plants and animals are the base of the food chain. Small fish, such as young sportfish or forage fish, depend on this food for survival and growth. The long-term consequences of removing so much food from the environment is still being studied.

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contribute to poor tasting water and odor

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contribute to poor tasting water and odor

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Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) were first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1988. Within one year, zebra mussels colonized nearly every firm object in Lake Erie. Zebra mussels quickly spread to all the Great Lakes.

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Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) were first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1988. Within one year, zebra mussels colonized nearly every firm object in Lake Erie. Zebra mussels quickly spread to all the Great Lakes.

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strain water for the food they need. Unused food is bound with mucous into a pellet called pseudofeces, which is ejected. Each adult zebra mussel can filter about one liter of water per day. Nearly all particulate matter, including phytoplankton and some small forms of zooplankton, are removed. These microscopic plants and animals are the base of the food chain. Small fish, such as young sportfish or forage fish, depend on this food for survival and growth. The long-term consequences of removing so much food from the environment is still being studied.

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strain water for the food they need. Unused food is bound with mucous into a pellet called pseudofeces, which is ejected. Each adult zebra mussel can filter about one liter of water per day. Nearly all particulate matter, including phytoplankton and some small forms of zooplankton, are removed. These microscopic plants and animals are the base of the food chain. Small fish, such as young sportfish or forage fish, depend on this food for survival and growth. The long-term consequences of removing so much food from the environment is still being studied.

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They primarily consume phytoplankton, but other suspended material is filtered from the water column including bacteria, protozoans, zebra mussel veligers, other microzooplankton and silt.

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They primarily consume phytoplankton, but other suspended material is filtered from the water column including bacteria, protozoans, zebra mussel veligers, other microzooplankton and silt.

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Invasive species are capable of causing extinctions of native plants and animals, reducing biodiversity, competing with native organisms for limited resources, and altering habitats. 

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Invasive species are capable of causing extinctions of native plants and animals, reducing biodiversity, competing with native organisms for limited resources, and altering habitats. 

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can attach to other native mussels and smother them

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can attach to other native mussels and smother them

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As a native to Russia, zebra mussels were introduced into the Great Lakes in 1985 or 1986, when one or more transoceanic ships discharged ballast water into Lake St. Clair. Being a temperate, freshwater species, the zebra mussels found the plankton-rich Lakes St. Clair and Erie to their liking.

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attach to boat motors and hulls, reducing performance and efficiancy

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attach to boat motors and hulls, reducing performance and efficiancy

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D-shaped shells

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the zebra mussel has been accidentally introduced to numerous other areas, and has become an invasive species in many different countries worldwide. They were invasive to the Great Lakes but in the 1990s, they invaded the Hudson River. 

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the zebra mussel has been accidentally introduced to numerous other areas, and has become an invasive species in many different countries worldwide. They were invasive to the Great Lakes but in the 1990s, they invaded the Hudson River. 

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How did they get to there "invasive place?

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How did they get to there "invasive place?

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 This species was originally native to the lakes of southern Russia

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 This species was originally native to the lakes of southern Russia

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Russia

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Enivironmental
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ISSUES THESE SPECIES CREATE

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They are established in Minnesota and were first found in the Duluth/Superior Harbor in 1989.