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Article: ZEBRA MUSSELS AN 'ECOLOGICAL MONSTER'.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- April 10, 2000
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An ''ecological monster'' lurks below the murky depths of the Ohio River, nearly eradicating countless native species and silently changing the nature of the river itself.
Reproducing by millions at a time, the animal literally blankets the rocky bottom from shore to shore and clings to nearly anything man-made that remains below the surface. With sinewy adhesive fibers, the exotic invader wraps around its victims and kills them slowly and silently in the water's depths.
''We have watched the zebra mussel march in, build up and kill all the native mussels that used to live there,'' said Patricia Morrison, coordinator of the Ohio River Cooperative Zebra ...