
Spiny water fleas under a microscope. The tiny crustacean, native to Europe and Asia and introduced to the Great Lakes in the 1980s, eats small animals which are food for native fish. Image: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
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Spiny water fleas under a microscope. The tiny crustacean, native to Europe and Asia and introduced to the Great Lakes in the 1980s, eats small animals which are food for native fish. Image: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.