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

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary .......................................................................................... 3
Introduction ................................................................................................... .. 5
Background .................................................................................................... .. 8
Strategy .......................................................................................................... 12
Vectors ........................................................................................................... 14
Pathways ........................................................................................................ 16
Land Pathways and Vectors ............................................................................. 20
Water Pathways and Vectors ........................................................................... 26
Air Pathways and Vectors ............................................................................... 28
Containment and Prevention Strategies .......................................................... 29
Information and education ........................................................................ 31
Regulations, laws, and permits ................................................................. 34
Partnerships ............................................................................................. 35
Conclusions .................................................................................................... 36
Recommendations .......................................................................................... 38
References ...................................................................................................... 40
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Table 1. Limnological parameters (after McNabb) ........................................... 11
Table 2. Dispersal mechanisms (after Carlton) .............................. ................... 18
Table 3. Major land routes ........................................................... ................... 22
Figure 1. The exotic zebra mussel ................................................ ..................... 5
Figure 2. Zebra mussel sightings ................................................. ..................... 8
Figure 3. Pipe blocked with zebra mussels ................................... ..................... 9
Figure 4. Land and water pathways .............................................. ................... 16
Figure 5. Pathways for zebra mussels ............................................ .................. 17
Figure 6. Water transport ............................................................ ................... 19
Figure 7. Major roads west ............................................................ .................. 21
Figure 8. Roads across the Continental Divide .............................. .................. 23
Figure 9. Major east-west rivers .................................................... .................. 26
Figure 10. Containment-prevention .............................................. .................. 30