Invasive mussels now control a key nutrient in the American Great Lakes

An invasive species in the Great Lakes, quagga mussels, abundance affects the ecological balance of the Great Lakes system.

Dr. Sergei Katsev participates in research determining that the lake's phosphorus cycle is dominantly controlled by the population of quagga mussels. Revealing that one invasive species can have a large effect of the chemistry of an ecosystem.

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