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Tag: zebra mussels

Posted inLatest News, News, Whitefish

As mussels ravage Great Lakes whitefish, Lake Superior survives — for now

by Bridge Michigan September 10, 2025November 7, 2025

Chemistry, cold water and isolation make it hard for invasive mussels to get a foothold in the Big Lake. But a spate of recent outbreaks from Isle Royale to Canada’s Nipigon Bay have scientists unnerved.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Infrastructure, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Ontario, Protect, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

AI technology could be used to monitor invaders in the Great Lakes

by Brian Owens, Great Lakes Now May 24, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Invasive Species, Latest News, Minnesota, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Invasive Tracking: Researchers trying to trace zebra mussel infestations

by Rachel Duckett July 14, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Featured, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Researchers find relationship between invasive zebra mussels, toxic algae

by Great Lakes Echo July 13, 2021
Posted inInvasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great Lakes

by Andrew Blok February 2, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Mussel-Phosphorus Puzzle: Invasive mussels are reshaping the chemistry of the Great Lakes

by Lorraine Boissoneault January 27, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Quiz, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Quiz: What Great Lakes invasive species are you?

by Natasha Blakely November 18, 2020
Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, Great Lakes Now Watch Parties, Industry, Invasive Species, Science, Technology & Research

Watch Party: Meddlesome Mussels

by GLN Editor August 14, 2020
Posted inFeature Detroit, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Tested and Rejected: Blasting zebra mussels off walls wasn’t the first method attempted

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now April 17, 2020
Posted inNews

Microplastics: undigestible pollutants showing up in fish, birds and even whales

by Adrian de Novato September 27, 2016November 10, 2025

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