Upcoming Zebra Mussel Conferences

From December 17, 1993 (update #19)

MADISON-Over 165 presentations have been scheduled for the Fourth International Zebra Mussel Conference to be held in Madison March 7-10, 1994. Zebra mussel control topics include chemical and nonchemical control, the use of electrical fields, coatings, and biological control methods.

Zebra mussel biology topics include physiology, rivers and inland lakes, zebra and quagga mussel comparisons, contaminant bioaccumulation and ecological impacts. Control and biology sessions will run concurrently.

The conference pre-registration fee is $250 (U.S.) prior to February 7, 1994. Conference registration materials, including a preliminary conference program and housing information, are available by contacting 1994 Zebra Mussel Conference, UW Sea Grant Institute, 1800 University Ave., Madison, Wis., 53705- 4094, (608) 265-5109.

EAST LANSING, Mich.- Michigan Sea Grant is sponsoring the fourth annual "Zebra Mussels in Michigan: Implications for Industry and Municipalities," a conference to be held at Michigan State University's Kellogg Center, January 10 - 11, 1994. For more information contact Chuck Pistis at (616) 8468250 or Steve Stewart at (313) 469-6085.

BROCKPORT, N.Y.- A special symposium titled "Invasion of Zebra Mussels in Lakes and Estuaries" will be held at the 1994 annual meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research in Windsor, Ontario, which will be held June 5- 9 at the University of Windsor. Organizers David Wright and David MacNeill are asking potential symposium participants to contact them. Abstracts are due January 15. For details contact Wright at (410) 326-7240, or MacNeill at (716) 395-2466.

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The Zebra Mussel Update was a 4- to 8-page quarterly national newsletter published by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute from May 1990 through May 1997. The ZMU documented the spread of the zebra mussel -- an exotic nuisance mussel -- through North America's freshwater environments, especially the Great Lakes, and on efforts to control it.