University of Michigan: Warming Increases Asian Carp Threat to Lake Michigan by Offsetting Quagga Mussel 'Ecological Barrier'
July 08, 2020
July 08, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
The ongoing warming of Lake Michigan increases its susceptibility to Asian carp, in part by reducing the capacity of quagga mussels to act as an ecological barrier against the voracious algae-eating fish, according to a new University of Michigan-led study.
Asian carp and the trillions of quagga mussels that carpet the bottom of Lake Michigan would compete for the same food--alg . . .
The ongoing warming of Lake Michigan increases its susceptibility to Asian carp, in part by reducing the capacity of quagga mussels to act as an ecological barrier against the voracious algae-eating fish, according to a new University of Michigan-led study.
Asian carp and the trillions of quagga mussels that carpet the bottom of Lake Michigan would compete for the same food--alg . . .