Central Michigan University: Floods Devastate Nature's Water Filterers
June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020
MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, June 11 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news:
When historic floods breached two mid-Michigan dams in May, emptying Wixom Lake and Sanford Lake, Daelyn Woolnough saw a consequence few others might have considered: the loss of water-filtering mussels -- some rare -- by the tens of thousands.
Woolnough, a Central Michigan University research associate professor in Biology, is a member of the Institute for Great Lakes Research i . . .
When historic floods breached two mid-Michigan dams in May, emptying Wixom Lake and Sanford Lake, Daelyn Woolnough saw a consequence few others might have considered: the loss of water-filtering mussels -- some rare -- by the tens of thousands.
Woolnough, a Central Michigan University research associate professor in Biology, is a member of the Institute for Great Lakes Research i . . .