Charlie Kerfoot and Quagga, Michigan Technological University (IMAGE)

Michigan Technological University

Charlie Kerfoot and Quagga, Michigan Technological University

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Michigan Tech biologist W. Charles Kerfoot holds a quagga. The exotic mussel is consuming phytoplankton in parts of Lake Michigan at an alarming rate, threatening the food chain that supports the lake's famous fishery.

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Michigan Technological University

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