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September 5, 2008

Tiny Invasive Snail Impacts Great Lakes, Alters Ecology

Filed under: Invasive Species, Research, Water — Laura B. @ 8:49 am

Read the full story at Gant Daily.

Long a problem in the western United States, the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries, according to a Penn State team of researchers. These tiny creatures out-compete native snails and insects, but are not good fish food replacements for the native species.

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