Impact ID | 2697 |
Impact Type | Water Quality |
Study Type | Observational |
Study Location | Field |
Impact Description | Infesting zebra mussels may negatively affect unionids by disrupting unionid locomotion, metabolic activities, food availability, growth, access to substrate interface, and creating anaerobic habitat conditions. Zebra mussels cause mortality of unionids in western Lake Erie. |
Reference | 9112 |
Great Lakes Region | Yes |
Cost | |
Location | Lake Erie |