Scientific Papers Reprinted

From September 16, 1993 (Update #18)

A Multivariate Model for Predicting Population Fluctuations of Dreissena polymorpha in North American Lake, by Charles Ramcharan, Dianna Padilla and Stanley Dodson. The study compares limnological differences between lakes with constant vs.variable zebra mussel populations and identifies three variables that determine the mussel's population dynamics -- lake surface area, calcium level and phosphate level. A Bioenergetics Model of Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Growth in the Great Lakes, by Daniel Schneider. Schneider's paper presents a model that, given food availability and water temperature, can predict zebra mussel growth and consumption in a variety of environments. Both papers were originally published in volume 49 of the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Free reprints are available on request from UW-Madison Sea Grant Communications Office, 1800 University Ave., Madison, WI 53705-4094, phone (608) 263-3259, fax (608) 263-2063.

ID: 19930916-9.

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.