Zebra Mussels Reach Texas
Continue reading the Original Blog PostOriginally from the Balkans, Poland and the former Soviet Union, zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are small freshwater mollusks which are invasive. They spread to the Americas in the 1980s via ballast water of a ship. The mollusks were first found in 1988 in Lake St. Clair, Michigan, and are currently known to have infested 29 states and more than 600 lakes or reservoirs in the United States.
They have now reached...