« battle lines form over Minnesota conservation amendment | Main | Michigan Supreme Court and conservation »
The quagga mussel has nearly exterminated its more well-known cousin the zebra mussel in Lake Michigan, outnumbering zebra mussels 98-to-2.
(Photo by Dave Brenner, Michigan Sea Grant)
They clear water by filtering phytoplankton, but their waste products accumulate on the lake floor, nourishing algae.
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451e92669e200e5546cec748834
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference quagga outmussels zebra in Lake Michigan:
The comments to this entry are closed.
Comments