Dear list,

This arrived today:

>Message-ID:  <[log in to unmask]>
>Date:         Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:33:16 -0400
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>Sender: Audubon discussion list for Florida <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Melissa Metcalfe <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      invasive mussel discovered in Tampa Bay
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>More bad news on the invasive species front...
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>Published in The St. Petersburg Times, Thursday, 10/28/99:
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>ASIAN GREEN MUSSEL GRABS HOLD IN TAMPA BAY
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>    This new scourge is likely to weaken pilings,
>    latch onto boats and clog things at utility plants.
>
>By CRAIG PITTMAN
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>For the full article, click on:
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>http://www.sptimes.com/News/102899/TampaBay/Asian_green_mussel_gr.shtml
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>
>Excerpts:
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>"Tampa Bay, already struggling with poor water quality and a slime mold
>infecting its seagrass, has a new plague.
>
>"Green mussels from Southeast Asia have invaded Tampa Bay. Although the
>exotic mollusks were discovered only recently, experts think thousands
>may be growing throughout the bay.
>
>"It is the first known infestation of the species Perna viridis in the
>nation, according to the U.S. Geological Survey."
>
>***
>
>"Now that green mussels have a foothold in Florida, they may spread to
>other parts of the country as well, said Amy Benson of the U.S.
>Geological Survey's Florida Caribbean Science Center."
>
>***
>
>"The green mussel is native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Nine years
>ago green mussels cropped up in Caribbean waters in Trinidad. Scientists
>think they traveled there in the ballast water of a bulk cargo ship, and
>Marelli and Benson suspect they arrived in Tampa Bay the same way."
>
>
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