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Quagga Mussels on the Lower Colorado River
Technical Documents
This is a selection of published documents and reporting forms that Reclamation consulted in its research on quagga mussel control, and Congressional testimony about the issue presented by a number of water management agencies.
Federal Government publications
- Bureau of Reclamation Memo - Mussel Task Force
- Bureau of Reclamation Memo - Implementation of Measures for the Prevention of Zebra and Quagga Mussel Migration
- Bureau of Reclamation - Evaluation of a Cylindrical Wedge-Wire Screen System at Beal Lake, Arizona
- Bureau of Land Management - An evaluation of Quagga mussel populations in Lake Havasu, Arizona
- Environmental Protection Agency - Alternative Disinfectants and Oxidants Guidance Manual
- National Park Service - Lake Mead National Recreation Area Draft Quagga Mussel Initial Response Plan
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Zebra Mussel Chemical Control Guide
- US Fish and Wildlife Service - Rapid Response Plan for Zebra Mussels in the Columbia River Basin
- US Fish and Wildlife Service - Western Quagga Mussels Fact Sheet
- US Geological Survey - A Dreissena Risk Assessment for the Colorado River Ecosystem
State Agency publications
- Arizona Power Authority/RNT Consulting - Quagga Mussel Infestation at Hoover Dam
- California Department of Fish and Game - California’s Response to the Zebra/Quagga Mussel Invasion in the West
- California Department of Fish and Game - Potential Distribution of Zebra Mussels and Quagga Mussels in California
- California Department of Water Resources - Zebra Mussel - Early Detection Monitoring on the Central Valley Project
- California Department of Water Resources - Quagga and Zebra Mussel Survey Training
- California Department of Water Resources - Zebra/Quagga Diver Survey form
- California Department of Water Resources - Zebra/Quagga Surface Survey form
Private/Non-Profit/Task Force publications
- American Society of Zoologists - A Review of the Biology and Ecology of the Quagga Mussel, a Second Species of Freshwater Dreissenid Introduced to North America
- Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program - Zebra Mussels: Questions and Answers for Inland Lake Managers
- Ontario Power - Re-design of the Sodium Hypochlorite Treatment Approach for Zebra Mussels at Niagara Plant Group Generating Station
- Ohio University Optimization of a Vacuum Device for Zebra Mussel Control
- University of Texas - Analysis of the Shell Length Distributions of Quagga Mussel taken from Lakes Mead and Mohave on the Colorado River Drainage during January-March 2007
Congressional Testimony before the Subcommittee on Water & Power, Committee on Natural Resources -- U.S. House of Representatives -- June 24, 2008
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Cornell University Sea Grant Program
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- New York State Museum
- Southern California Marine Association
- Southern Nevada Water Authority
Last updated: 3/12/09