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- Investigating New Fish Screening Technology and Modification of Existing Infrastructure to Reduce Impacts of Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels on Reclamation Facilities
Investigating New Fish Screening Technology and Modification of Existing Infrastructure to Reduce Impacts of Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels on Reclamation Facilities
Project ID: 4111
Principal Investigator: Cathy Karp
Research Topic: Invasive Species
Priority Area Assignments: 2010 (Zebra and Quagga Mussels), 2011 (Zebra and Quagga Mussels), 2012 (Zebra and Quagga Mussels)
Funded Fiscal Years:
2010,
2011 and
2012
Keywords: None
Research Question
* The invasion of exotic mussels is here, so what can be done at existing fish screen facilities to improve resistance to mussel fouling by colonization?
* What new screening and operation technologies are available that are resistant to mussel attachment and can be successfully operated in waterways with high densities of mussels?
Need and Benefit
We do not know the limits of expansion of the exotic mussels. We must assume that, in warmer climates, they will have good chance of establishment. The testing and determination of technologies to be able to allow water delivery in the mussel-infested areas must be developed prior to infestation.
Contributing Partners
Contact the Principal Investigator for information about partners.
Research Products
Bureau of Reclamation Review
The following documents were reviewed by experts in fields relating to this project's study and findings. The results were determined to be achieved using valid means.
Summary of Initial Efforts to Begin Fish Screen Quagga Mussel Tests (final, PDF, 546KB)
By Cathy Karp
Report completed on March 28, 2014
