In 1988, zebra mussels arrived in North America through a ship’s ballast water; within 10 years, they had spread across all five Great Lakes
- zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva)In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water.
- That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent.
- More than three decades later, the same tiny shellfish is still making headlines; this time in Texas, where officials have now declared Lake Meredith fully infested and identified it as a possible stepping stone for further westward spread.
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- zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva)In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water.
- That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent.
- More than three decades later, the same tiny shellfish is still making headlines; this time in Texas, where officials have now declared Lake Meredith fully infested and identified it as a possible stepping stone for further westward spread.
Sources: Times of India