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>Zebra mussels may be one of the few examples where an invasive species was actually good for the ecosystem And maybe just this ecosystem. As noted elsewhere
by Amorymeltzer 7y ago
>Zebra mussels may be one of the few examples where an invasive species was actually good for the ecosystem
And maybe just this ecosystem. As noted elsewhere here, zebra mussels have caused tons of other problems. In less-polluted lakes, they filter the water clear, which not only reduces fish populations but can lead to massive growth of algae.
- pvaldes 7y agoAnd it only cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year since 1980, plus lots of fish. A really sweet deal!. In the other hand, some of this billions of dollars could be used in nature conservation, or cleaning the lake by our own means and forever, or...