Nationwide Database Planned

From July 26, 1991 (update #9)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's National Fisheries Research Center (NFRC) in Gainesville plans to incorporate information on zebra mussel distribution and ecology into their existing Geographic Information System (GIS) database on nonindigenous aquatic species. Much of the data will be obtained from federal and state agencies involved in zebra mussel programs, but the NFRC is also requesting that other individuals and agencies involved with zebra mussel research provide relevant information. Regular reports on the status of zebra mussels will be provided to cooperators, and specialized maps and geographic analyses will be available periodically. For more information, contact Charles Boydstun at (904) 378-8181.

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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.