Water users can reduce risk of spreading invasive species

Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 15:02 in Biology & Nature

Foreign species that are devastating water ecosystems could be 'hitchhiking' around Britain on canoeists' and anglers' kit, according to a new study. Invaders like the killer shrimp, zebra mussel and American signal crayfish have already caused extensive environmental damage and millions of pounds of economic costs.

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