“Georja’s powerful sense of smell will be used to detect invasive mussels, which pose a significant threat to ecosystems and infrastructure if introduced to B.C. waters.”
Looking keen! And her ears look silky😊🖤
#WorkingDogs #AquaticInvasives
Black text on a blue background which reads: Invasive Species Spotlight: Banded Mystery Snail (Callinina georgiana) above a photo of a large banded mystery snail and six tiny juvenile snails on a ruler for scale. Below it reads: Key Identification Features: 1) Spiral shell with a rounded shape and 3-5 whorls, 2) "Right-handed" (dextral) shell opening with covering called an operculum, 3) You may notice lots of tiny snails nearby or inside the shells of dead adult snails because these snails give birth to live offspring instead of laying eggs.
Invasive Species Spotlight!
When introduced to a new place, Banded Mystery Snails (Callinina georgiana) can cause damage by:
❌outcompeting native snails
❌eating fish eggs
❌spreading parasites to birds
❌overgrazing vegetation
#nisaw #ecology #aquaticinvasives #invasivespecies #scicomm
Pontederia crassipes (water hyacinth) plant with bulbous petioles and light purple flowers
Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) plant growing in a rosette with hairy hydrophobic leaves
Pulled these out of one our sample sites today. Both plants are sold by local nurseries, so it was only a matter of time before they ended up out here😭 Pontederia crassipes #waterhyacinth and Pistia stratiotes #waterlettuce #invasiveplants #aquaticplants #aquaticinvasives
I will be surrounding myself with like minded People for the next couple days.
#PureMichigan
#Inlandlakes
#Aquaticinvasives
Highly invasive aquatic plant. Water caltrop (Trapa natans). Clogs open waters. Leaves float, root descends to submerged seed. Seed (summer event, big & spiky). Birds transport. Weeding helps control it. NE US
#aquaticinvasives #plantinvasives #invasives #nature #invasiveeradication #trappa
