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The quagga mussel takes it all in the Great Lakes SmackDown!
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It’s been a long road, but it’s time to reveal the Great Lakes SmackDown! champion.
Did the Eurasian Invasion take the gold? Or was it the Quagmeister? Click here to find out.
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Final two lake invaders battle it out in the SmackDown! championship
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By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
The time is finally here to determine which invasive species you think is the worst for the Great Lakes. Will it be the water-filtering quagga mussel? Or the vampire-like sea lamprey? You know the drill. Fight and debate for your pick below.
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The sea lamprey moves on to the Great Lakes SmackDown! finals
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By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
The sea lamprey and the alewife both fought successful battles and made it to the Great Lakes SmackDown! semi-finals last week. And it’s time to reveal whether the eel-like fish, which sucks the life out of its victims, or the alewife, a 6-inch silver fish that eats things like young fish, will prevail. And the winner is…
THE GREEN LAMP-REY! Thirty-five percent of those who filled out brackets guessed that the lamprey would dominate in Round 2.
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Great Lakes tributary dredged; Climate change to spur more?
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Quebec took the drastic measure to deal with the lowest water ever recorded in a river that supplies 440,000 Montreal suburbanites. The low flows strain sewage treatment. How will other Great Lakes communities react to projected low water?
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Chicago artists imagine Great Lakes without the water
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Imagine if the Great Lakes claimed negligence and abuse and left the region.
That’s what a group of Chicago artists did after attending a workshop on environmental issues.
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The Green Lamp-rey, Impale-wife face off in Round 2 of the SmackDown!
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The second round of invaders now duel in the SmackDown! semi-finals:
The Alewife, “Vlad the Impale-wife,” out-ate the White “The Incredible, Edible, Egg-eater” Perch in a gluttonous match. And the Sea “The Green Lamp-rey” sucked the win from the Round “Roundy Goboa” Goby, asserting its dominance as a more well-known and established invasive species.
Now the alewife and the sea lamprey face off!
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The Quagmeister, Eurasian Invasion face off in Round 2 of the SmackDown!
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See how the Great Lakes SmackDown! Round 1 champions fair in the next stage of the game. Will the water-clogging Eurasian watermilfoil outmatch the filter-feeding quagga mussel?
Click here for Round 2, Bracket 1:
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Great Lakes SmackDown! Round 1 results continue…
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Yesterday, we announced the winners of the first two Great Lakes SmackDown! lake fights. Today, we reveal the results of the next two matches.
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Great Lakes SmackDown! first and second bracket winners clog waterways
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We asked you to tell us which aquatic invasive species are the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes.
And Round 1 results are in.
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Get ready for a fishy fight as two species bait each other!
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Something smells a little fishy in this match. Well, actually, a lot fishy, because there’s a whole lot of both the alewife and the white perch in the Great Lakes.
Tell us which one you think is the most destructive to the Great Lakes.