A mass of spiny waterfleas have taken up shop in the waters of Lake Superior…making for some yucky swimming from Odanah to Michigan. The waterfleas are about a quarter-inch to a half-inch in size with long, barbed tails.
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Rhinelander Water Resources Specialist Cathy Cleland says they came from the ballast waters of Russian ships passing through.
Match this against the announcement earlier this summer that the commercial shipping industry is doing demonstration projects on a control technology for invasive species. It's too bad the ballast water vector for invasive species has been well known for 20 years -- and now we're getting demonstration projects as an answer.
Posted by Dave at July 31, 2006 07:51 AM