Editor's Note

From May 10, 1990 (update #1)

The invasion of the Great Lakes by the zebra mussel has the potential to be a greater disaster, in human terms, than the invasions of the parasitic sea lamprey, alewife and all the other exotic species in the lakes combined. This is the first in a series of Zebra Mussel Updates designed to provide timely information on the zebra mussel invasion, its spread and efforts to control it, and to enhance the sharing of such information among concerned individuals, agencies, industries and research institutions.

ID: 19900510-1.

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.