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The Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a bivalve mussel native to freshwater lakes of southeast Russia. nl:wikipedia Netherlands image page [1] says the image comes from [2] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ...
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Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda †Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ...
Orders Subclass Anomalosdesmata Pholadomyoida Subclass Heterodonta - clams, zebra mussels †Cycloconchidae Hippuritoida †Lyrodesmatidae Myoida PENIS †Redoniidae Veneroida Subclass Paleoheterodonta Trigonioida; see Superfamily Trigoniacea Unionoida - freshwater mussels Subclass Protobranchia Nuculoida †Praecardioida Solemyoida Subclass Pteriomorphia - oysters, mussels Arcoida Mytiloida Ostreoida Pterioida Bivalves are mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia. ...
Orders †Cycloconchidae Hippuritoida †Lyrodesmatidae Myoida †Redoniidae Veneroida Heterodonta is a mollusc subclass in the class Bivalvia and contains the orders †Cycloconchidae, Hippuritoida, †Lyrodesmatidae, Myoida, †Redoniidae, and Veneroida (cockles). ...
Families Arcticidae Astartidae Cardiidae Donacidae Kelliidae Lasaeidae Leptonidae Lucinidae Mactridae Montacutidae Petricolidae Pharidae Psammobiidae Scrobiculariidae Semelidae Solecurtidae Solenidae Tellinidae Thyasiridae Turtoniidae Ungulinidae Veneridae The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of bivalve molluscs. ...
Families Dreissenidae Categories: Mollusc stubs ...
Genus Dreissenida Mytilopsis Congeria Dreissenidae Morphology. ...
Species Dreissena bugensis Dreissena polymorpha Dreissena rostiformis Dreissena stankovici The name Dreissena may refer to: Dreissena polymorpha, the Zebra Mussel Dreissena bugensis, the Quagga Mussel This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Peter Simon Pallas (September 22, 1741 - September 8, 1811) was a German-born Russian zoologist. ...
1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Subclasses Pteriomorpha (marine mussels) Palaeoheterodonta (freshwater mussels) Heterodonta (zebra mussels) The term mussel is used for several families of bivalve molluscs inhabiting lakes, rivers, and creeks, as well as intertidal areas along coastlines worldwide. ...
Reproduction An adult female zebra mussel may produce between 30,000 to 400,000 eggs per year. Spawning usually begins in the months from late spring to early summer by free-swimming larvae (veligers). The mussel may spawn during each of these periods. The presence of food is the first factor that contributes to spawning. During this time large algal populations produce a pheromone recognized by zebra mussels. However, temperature is the main factor that triggers spawning and mussels rarely spawn at temperatures lower than 12 degrees Celsius. If the water becomes colder, spawning may be postponed until the water has warmed. Frog spawn Spawning is the production or depositing of eggs in large numbers by aquatic animals. ...
The free-swimming larva of certain marine gastropods. ...
Fanning honeybee exposes Nasonov gland (white-at tip of abdomen) releasing pheromone to entice swarm into an empty hive A pheromone is any chemical or set of chemicals produced by a living organism that transmits a message to other members of the same species. ...
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Spread Zebra mussel was found and described first in northern part of Caspian Sea and in the Ural River by Pallas in 1769. Grossinger reported it in Hungary in 1794. Kerney and Morton described the rapid invasion of Britain by the zebra mussel, first in Cambridgeshire in the 1820's, London in 1824, and in the Union Canal near Edinburgh in 1834. [1] In 1827 zebra mussels were seen in the Netherlands at Rotterdam. Canals that artificially link many European waterways facilitated their early dispersal. It was recorded in Bohemia in Elbe river (now in The Czech Republic) in 1893[2]. Zebra mussels reached Moravia much later, probably in 1980s or 1990s. Around 1920 the mussels reached lake Mälaren in Sweden. Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Elbe River (Czech Labe, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ...
Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech RepublicCzechia. ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
Location map Mälaren details, with Stockholm urban area to the right in pink. ...
Invasion of zebra mussel in Russia was very rapid, from the Dvina River basin in 1845 through the Mariinsk Canal system to western Europe. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (550x734, 195 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case 2006-06-10 at the Purdys boat launch along Route 116. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (550x734, 195 KB) Photographed by Daniel Case 2006-06-10 at the Purdys boat launch along Route 116. ...
Titicus Reservoir Titicus Reservoir is one of 12 in the New York City Water Supply Systems Croton watershed. ...
The Balanced Rock, a North Salem landmark North Salem is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. ...
First reference is in northern Italy in Lake Garda in 1973[3], in central Italy in Tuscany since 2003[4]. Lake Garda (Italian Lago di Garda or Benaco) is the largest lake in Italy. ...
Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ...
Zebra mussels are considered an invasive species in North America and in most of Europe. Zebra mussels are currently causing serious problems in North America and Sweden. Lantana invasion of abandoned citrus plantation; Moshav Sdey Hemed, Israel The term invasive species refers to a subset of introduced species or non-indigenous species that are rapidly expanding outside of their native range. ...
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Zebra mussels were first detected in the Great Lakes in 1988, in Lake St. Clair, located between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. They caused widespread damage in this ecosystem and had adverse economic effects on the communities surrounding the lakes. It is believed they were inadvertently introduced into the lakes in the ballast water of ocean-going ships traversing the St. Lawrence Seaway. Another possible--yet often neglected--mode of introduction is on anchors and chains, which are stored in chain lockers when not in use, although this has not been proven. Since adult zebra mussels can survive out of water for several days or weeks if 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. The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada-United States border. ...
Nickname: Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Settled 1701 Incorporation 1806 Government - Type Strong Mayor-Council - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area - City 143. ...
Nickname: Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ...
A coral reef near the Hawaiian islands is an example of a complex marine ecosystem. ...
Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. ...
The Saint Lawrence Seaway in its broadest sense (see Great Lakes Waterway) is the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. ...
From their first appearance in American waters in 1988 zebra mussels have spread to a large number of waterways, including the Mississippi, Hudson, St. Lawrence, Ohio, Cumberland, Missouri, Tennessee, Colorado, and Arkansas rivers disrupting the ecosystems, killing the local unionid mussels, (primarily by out competing native species for food) and damaging harbors, boats, and power plants. Water treatment plants were initially hit hardest because the water intakes brought the microscopic free-swimming larvae directly into the facilities. Zebra mussels are now believed to have cost North America billions of dollars in impacts each year, illustrating the costly effects of invasive species. A common inference made by scientists predicts that the zebra mussel will continue spreading passively, by ship, and by pleasure craft to more rivers in North America. Trailered boat traffic is the most likely vector for invasion into the North American west. This spread is preventable if boaters would take time to thoroughly clean and dry their boats and associated equipment before transporting these to new water bodies. Since no North American predator or combination of predators has been shown to significantly reduce zebra mussel numbers, such spread would most likely result in permanent establishment of zebra mussels in many North American waterways. For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ...
The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and, along its southern terminus, demarcates the border between the states of New York and New Jersey. ...
The Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ...
Cincinnati, Ohio is a well known city along the Ohio River, historically known for its riverboats. ...
The Cumberland River is an important waterway in the southern United States. ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
A riverboat passing under the Henley Street Bridge on the Tennessee River. ...
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The Arkansas River flows through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. ...
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Lantana invasion of abandoned citrus plantation; Moshav Sdey Hemed, Israel The term invasive species refers to a subset of introduced species or non-indigenous species that are rapidly expanding outside of their native range. ...
Ecology Zebra mussels and the closely related and ecologically similar quagga mussel are voracious filter-feeding organisms. They remove particles from the water column, increasing water clarity. Some particles are consumed as food and feces are deposited on the lake floor. Non-food particles are combined with mucus and deposited on lake floors as pseudofeces. Image File history File links Dreissena_polymorpha3. ...
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North American range of the Quagga Mussel. ...
Filter feeders (also known as suspension feeders) are animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized structure, such as the baleen of baleen whales. ...
Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) In humans, defecation may occur (depending on the individual and the circumstances) from once every two or three days to several times a day. ...
Lake floor food supplies are enriched by zebra mussels. The additional organic material, coupled with increased habitat complexity, results in increased density and diversity of benthic organisms. Many scientists believe the zebra mussel colonization of the Great Lakes is concentrating biomass and nutrient energies in the benthic or bottom region of the lakes. This is biomass that was once available to other (often native) species. The full implications of zebra mussel colonization of the Great Lakes are still playing out and are not yet fully understood. There is growing evidence that the mussels are responsible for the decline of the native aquatic invertebrate Dioperia, which are an important food item for many fish in the Great Lakes. The changing populations of fish will bring their consequences, creating a cascade effect. In oceanography, marine geology and biology, benthos are the organisms and habitats of the sea floor; in freshwater biology they are the organisms and habitats of the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and creeks. ...
Invertebrate is a term that describes any animal without a spinal column. ...
A cascade is a term for a waterfall, or series of waterfalls, and is applied abstractly to many different concepts involving a series of steps or effects that follow one after the other. ...
Zebra mussels attach to most substrates including sand, silt, and harder substrates. Other mussel species frequently represent the most stable objects in silty substrates, and zebra mussels attach to, and often kill these mussels. This has eliminated many native mussel species from affected lakes in North America. This pattern is being repeated in Ireland where zebra mussels have eliminated the two freshwater mussels from several waterways including some lakes along the Shannon. Carrick-on-Shannon-Bridge Leitrim Shannon-Bridge Offaly The River Shannon (Irish: altenatively Sionna), Irelands longest river, divides the West of Ireland (mostly the province of Connacht) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster). ...
Anatomy Zebra mussels are relatively small in size, adults range from 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches long[1]. They have tiny stripes down their shells, hence the name Zebra Mussels. Zebra Mussels have a D-shaped shell. They attach to things with strings coming out of their umbo on the dorsal surface (side with the hinge). These strings are called byssal threads and make it very hard to remove the zebra mussel from the area it is attached to.
Similar Species The quagga mussel is a similar species of the same genus from the Dneiper River drainage in Europe. It is similarly invasive as zebra mussels and has been out-competing and replacing zebra mussels in the Great Lakes. North American range of the Quagga Mussel. ...
Length 2,290 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge 1670 m³/s Area watershed 516,300 km² Origin Russia Mouth Black Sea Basin countries Russia, Belarus, Ukraine The Dnieper River (Russian: Днепр/Dnepr; Belarusian: Дняпро/Dnyapro; Ukrainian: Дн...
Effects of Zebra Mussels
 Zebra mussel infestation on the walls of Arthur V. Ormond Lock on the Arkansas River
 Zebra mussel-encrusted Vector Averaging Current Meter from Lake Michigan Zebra mussels are filter feeders. When they are in the water, they open up their shells to let detritus in. Some of the species that live in the waterway need this food to survive. Since Zebra mussels are an invasive species, the native species are starving. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 544 pixels Full resolution (1500 × 1020 pixel, file size: 917 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links No pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 544 pixels Full resolution (1500 × 1020 pixel, file size: 917 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links No pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixels Full resolution (533 × 800 pixel, file size: 103 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Retrieval of zebra mussel-encrusted Vector Averaging Current Meter near Michigan City, IN. Lake Michigan, June 1999. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixels Full resolution (533 × 800 pixel, file size: 103 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Retrieval of zebra mussel-encrusted Vector Averaging Current Meter near Michigan City, IN. Lake Michigan, June 1999. ...
Detritus may refer to: In geology, detritus is the name for loose fragments of rock that have been worn away by erosion. ...
Freshwater mussels are the most endangered species in the United States. Zebra mussels are greatly impacting the freshwater mussel population. Since both types of mussels are filter feeders and eat detritus in the water, zebra mussels tend to eat the food before the mussels, and cause them to die. However, zebra mussels also attach to the mussel's siphons on their posterior end. This causes them to not only starve, but also suffocate because they cannot get any dissolved oxygen in the water.
Zebra mussels also release a bit of phosphorus into the water. Phosphorus is a commonly used fertilizer that helps plants grow. When it gets into a freshwater ecosystem the plants grow rapidly. While during the daytime dissolved oxygen levels increase, at night while plants are undergoing respiration, dissolved oxygen levels decrease and hurt native species. General Name, Symbol, Number phosphorus, P, 15 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 15, 3, p Appearance waxy white/ red/ black/ colorless Standard atomic weight 30. ...
Zebra mussels are a great nuisance to many people. Since they have invaded the Great Lakes, they have covered undersides of docks, boats, and anchors. They have also spread into streams and rivers across the country. In some areas they completely cover the substrate, and even cover other freshwater mussels. They can also grow so close together that they block off pipelines, impacting water intake pipes used by cities for their water supply, or by hydroelectric companies for power generation. Stream substrate (sediment) is the material that rests at the bottom of a stream. ...
Zebra mussels and other invasive species are credited with the increased population and size of smallmouth bass in Lake Erie. [2] Binomial name Micropterus dolomieu Lacépède, 1802 The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ...
Eradication In 2006, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries eradicated the zebra mussel population of Millbrook Quarry in western Prince William County by raising the concentration of potassium chloride to 100 ppm. [3] The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, or VDGIF, regulates fish and wildlife in Virginia. ...
Prince William County is a county located in the state of Virginia. ...
The chemical compound potassium chloride (KCl) is a metal halide composed of potassium and chlorine. ...
PPM or ppm may mean: parts per million, a measure of concentration pages per minute, a measure of speed often used to market printers or photocopiers portable pixmap, a graphics file format peak programme meter, a type of audio level meter, called peak meter Prediction by Partial Matching, a compression...
References - ^ Mackie, G; W Gibbons & B Muncaster et al., The Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha: A synthesis of European Experiences and a preview for North America, Ontario Ministry of Environment
- ^ Blažka, F. (1893). "Do Čech zavlečená slávka: Dreissena polymorpha Pall." (in Czech). Vesmír 22 (15): 177-178.
- ^ Giusti F and Oppi E (1973). "Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) nuovamente in Italia. (Bivalvia, Dreissenidae)" (in Italian). Mem Mus Civ St Nat Verona 20: 45-49.
- ^ Elisabetta Lori and Simone Cianfanelli (2006). "New records of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) from Central Italy" (in English). Aquatic Invasions 1 (4): 281-283.
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