7790

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7790
• Author: Tyus, H. M., W. P. Dwyer and S. Whitmore.
• Title: Feasibility of Preventing Further Invasion of the Zebra Mussel into the Western United States.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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were identified. Specific control
techniques used for direct zebra mussel
eradication were not considered.
Early detection of zebra mussels in
an area and monitoring programs to
determine their densities have been
used to develop control options for
various facilities in the Eastern United
States (Kovalak et al. 1993). Therefore,
detection and monitoring programs
were evaluated for potential utility in
reducing the western spread of the
mussel. Experience elsewhere has
shown that first detection of settled
mussels in an area, even though it was
being monitored, almost always came
from other, unplanned sources from the
public sector (Kraft 1993). Because
intensive and costly monitoring
programs for the larva provides little
preinvasion warning for the settled
mussels (Kraft 1993), it appears that an
effective information and education
program would be extremely useful in
detecting the presence of zebra mussels
in the West. Once detected, monitor-
ing may be helpful in determining
alternative control options at various
facilities.