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War’s on against invasive mussels

Posted by: Maven on August 9, 2009 at 8:04 am

From the San Diego Union Tribune:

“Release the hounds. Pour the bacteria. Deploy ravenous fish. Doable or doubtful, California and federal officials are sizing up diverse strategies in their frantic campaign to contain trillions of quagga mussels, dime-sized invaders threatening water and power supplies in California and across the Southwest.

“While we and everyone else continue to search for a method of controlling them, we haven’t found the answer yet,” said Curt Brown, director of research and development for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Solutions may be on the horizon, however distant. Most promising and closest to approval is a strain of common bacteria that is safe for humans, but produces a toxin so well disguised that it can sneak past a quagga mussel’s self-defense mechanism of clamming up to protect itself from ingesting anything deadly. …”

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August 9, 2009 · Filed Under Invasive Plants & Species

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