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Michigan State: Are Zebra Mussels Eating Or Helping Toxic Algae?
June 25, 2021
EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 25 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news:

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Long-term studies reveal a surprising relationship

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While invasive zebra mussels consume small plant-like organisms called phytoplankton, Michigan State University researchers discovered during a long-term study that zebra mussels can actually increase Microcystis, a type of phytoplankton known as "blue-green algae" or cyanobact . . .

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