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Zebra Mussel
The Zebra Mussel
By: Jeremiah Martinez and Diego Garibay
Other ways the zebra mussels affect local ecosystems
Things that are being to stop the growth or spread of the mussel.
Zebra mussels were first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1988, they soon colonized then spread and made lakes clear to affect the decrease and increase of certain populations of fish in that area of water.. The mussels may also release and let go of nutrients that help algae growth, especially blue-green algae which can damage other fishes.
Drain water from the motor, live well, bilge and transom wells and any other water from your boat and equipment while on land before leaving any water body. Dump Trash leftover bait on land, away from water, before leaving any water body. Leftover live aquatic bait that has contacted infested waters should not be taken to uninfested waters. You can also check things like your boat or hands, but its only after you get out of a zebra mussel infested water.
How and when the zebra mussel was introduced into the U.S.A.
Native Habitat
How food chains are affected by the mussels in an area.
The zebra mussels is native to the Black, Caspian, and Azov Seas. It's first foundation was in the Caspian sea in 1769. They require still and slow moving water to live in and survive. The mussels can't survive in ice and have hard waves crash into them.
As a native to Russia, zebra mussels were introduced into the Great Lakes in 1985 or 1986. The lakes water had to be at a fresh water temperature for the mussels tosurvive. The mussels is believed to have arrived in North America in commercial vessels from Europe sometime around 1986.The mussel was first discovered in the Great Lakes in Lake St. Clair.
The zebra mussels affect food chains by threatening water quality and healthy fisheries across the Great Lakes ecosystem. They also affect the Great Lakes by decimating the important part of the food chains in the lake and lakes connected to the Great Lake. The mussels get more energy by eating plankton and other microscopic animals in the water. The chain is put into order from the zebra mussels to plankton. The Mussels reproduce by releasing sperm into the water. The mussels eat plankton and other organisms need plankton so it is killing other organisms by eating their food source of plankton.