Tiny Invasive Snail Impacts Great Lakes, Alters Ecology
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 11:35
in Biology & Nature
Long a problem in the western US, the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries, according to researchers. These tiny creatures out-compete native snails and insects, but are not good fish food replacements for the native species.