Sentences with phrase «with quagga mussels»
Therefore ongoing replacement of zebra with quagga mussels in the Great Lakes Region relaxes Dreissena impact on native unionids.
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This depth tolerance, coupled with the fact that quaggas don't require a hard surface to attach to, means they can blanket vast swaths of lake bottom inaccessible to zebra mussels.
The ecological damage wrought by zebra mussels is minor compared with their cousin, the quagga mussel.
In a research paper «Complex replacement of invasive congeners may relax impact on native species: interactions among zebra, quagga, and native unionid mussels,» lead author Lyubov E. Burlakova, research scientist with the Great Lakes Center discusses the importance of understanding those interactions.