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Invasive Species, Zebra Mussels

Invasive Species, Zebra Mussels. Ecosystems. originated in the Balkans, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. They first appeared in North America in 1988 in Lake St. Clair, a small water body connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Population Size.

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Invasive Species, Zebra Mussels

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  1. Invasive Species, Zebra Mussels

  2. Ecosystems • originated in the Balkans, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. They first appeared in North America in 1988 in Lake St. Clair, a small water body connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie

  3. Population Size • A female zebra mussel begins to reproduce at 2 years of age, and produces between 30,000 and 1 million eggs per year. About two percent of zebra mussels reach adulthood.

  4. Historical references • first in Cambridgeshre in the 1820s, London in 1824, and in the Union Canal near Edinburgh in 1834. In 1827 zebra mussels were seen in the Netherlands at rotterdam

  5. Environmental Concepts • This situation is like the one that occurred with water scarcity, Things happen and will continue to happen no matter where it is and to whoever.

  6. Damage Report • No lifes were lost of this, it did kind of destroy some sites but infested with mzebra mussel shells. Since adult zebra mussels can survive out of water for several days or weeks if the temperature is low and humidity is high, chain lockers provide temporary refuge for clusters of adult mussels that could easily be released when transoceanic ships drop anchor in freshwater ports

  7. Short and long term effects • They grow rapidly in a year from 600 to a million shells. • So they come in taking place almost over any area

  8. Laws or regulations passed • Barrier act of 2012 but it did not go anywhere it died and was never passed.

  9. Lessons Learned • I learned that zebra mussles stick to water surroundings and can stick on to any thing and they grow fast and need water to stay healthy in their environement.

  10. Could It happen again? • I think that it happens all the time if theyre shells they are going to be around sticking to everything and growing more and more no matter where and when. Especially it could happen in your water pipes.

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