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- From: mangodance <bmn@iglou.com>
- To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:31:15 -0500
Claude Genest wrote:
I've been tracking them for four years in my part of the lake - I don't see
rthis doomsday prophecy coming true....Like I said, they gotta eat something
to keep multiplying, no ?
Anyway, I'll let you know !
I'm glad you've been lucky, but that is no doomsday prophecy. I can show you specimens of 30-40 year old native mussels so encrusted with zebra mussels, they died because they could no longer feed. Entire populations have basically been exterminated by the little demons. Others? Turtles with limited motility due to ZMs, turtles with nearly no sight due to encrusted ZMs. Ponds that quickly colonized, and when the ponds cleared or could no longer keep up with the burgeoning population, the ZMs had a large dieoff, the decay sapped O2 from the water, the decay made nutrients available again, another population explosion, and so on. Damage to property from ZMs is extensive.
BTW, where do you live? I may be able to hook you up with some folks who can discuss local ZM issues with you.
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Re: [permaculture] Pond Plantings,
John Schinnerer, 09/16/2002
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[permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives,
Claude Genest, 09/16/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives,
mangodance, 09/16/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives,
Claude Genest, 09/17/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives, mangodance, 09/17/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives,
Claude Genest, 09/17/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives,
mangodance, 09/16/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Pond Plantings,
FranksFarm, 09/16/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Pond Plantings - LONG,
mangodance, 09/16/2002
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- [permaculture] permaculture entry at wikiweb, mIEKAL aND, 09/17/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Pond Plantings - LONG,
mangodance, 09/16/2002
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[permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives,
Claude Genest, 09/16/2002
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