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Data is collected from a sturgeon mortality during the quagga mussel treatment.
December 7, 2023
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Effect of quagga mussel treatment on fish populations
Treatment caused high mortality in some species; others survived well
Biologists quickly learned that the treatment caused high mortality in certain species, while others survived quite well.