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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 how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Binomial name Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ...
Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda †Rostroconchia The molluscs or mollusks 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 Protobranchia Solemyoida Nuculoida Subclass Pteriomorphia - oysters Arcoida Mytiloida Pterioida Subclass Paleoheterodonta - mussels Trigoinoida Unionoida Subclass Heterodonta - clams, zebra mussels Veneroida Myoida Subclass Anomalosdesmata Pholadomyoida Animals of the Class Bivalvia are known as bivalves because they typically have two-part shells, with both parts being more or less symmetrical. ...
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 Categories: Mollusc stubs ...
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). ...
Orders A mussel is a bivalve mollusc that can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, intertidal areas, and throughout the ocean. ...
Reproduction An adult female zebra mussel may produce between 30,000 to 1,000,000 eggs per year. Spawning usually begins in the months from late spring to early summer. 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 warms. Frog spawn Spawning is the production or depositing of eggs in large numbers by aquatic animals. ...
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Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of hot and cold; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. ...
Spread In 1850 zebra mussels were first seen in the Netherlands. Canals that artificially link many European waterways facilitated their early dispersal. Around 1920 the mussels reached lake Mälaren in Sweden. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
Location map Mälaren details, with Stockholm urban area pink in the east. ...
Zebra mussels are currently causing serious problems in North America and Sweden, where they are considered an invasive species. 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. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...
The term invasive species refers to a subset of those species defined as introduced species or non-indigenous species. ...
This article is about the group of North American lakes. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nickname: Motor City Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: www. ...
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In ecology, the word ecosystem is an abbreviation of the term, ecological system. ...
Ballast may mean: Look up ballast in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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 they have spread to a large number of waterways, including the Mississippi and Hudson rivers, disrupting the ecosystem, killing the local unionid mussels, and damaging harbors, boats, and power plants. Water treatment plants were initially hit hardest because the water intakes brought the microscopic 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. This article is about the river in the United States. ...
View of the Hudson in the 1880s showing Jersey City The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York State but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. ...
The term invasive species refers to a subset of those species defined as introduced species or non-indigenous species. ...
A popular inference made by scientists predict that the zebra mussel will continue spreading by ship to more rivers in North America since no natural predator resides in North America.
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. ...
Rabbit feces are usually 8-10 mm in diameter and dry to the touch. ...
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 coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck to describe 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.
Food Zebra mussels are edible, but most experts advise against eating any found in polluted waters since the mussels accumulate contaminants and toxins from the water as they filter. As long as they come from a clean body of water, zebra mussels can be used in any recipe calling for mussels. However, they are quite small, so it would take a lot of them for most recipes. The Lachine Canal, in Montreal, is badly polluted Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants, or the substances so released. ...
The Lachine Canal, in Montreal, is badly polluted Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants, or the substances so released. ...
The venom of the black widow spider is a potent latrotoxin. ...
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