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Wildlife

Earthworms rob forests of key nutrients; pave way for other invaders

By Chris Symons | May 19, 2015

By Chris Symons

Compost box heroes, or the root of all ecological evil? Worms in Great Lakes forests are not what they seem. Trilliums are smaller, algal blooms are more common and hummingbird populations are decreasing. All of these are made worse by non-native earthworms in Great Lakes soil. A recent study in Ecosystems journal identified four key minerals that earthworms remove from soil and that native plants need to grow.

Wildlife

Some ostracods survive goby guts

By Mollie Liskiewicz | May 18, 2015

Survival provides insight into fish as agents of species dispersal.

Wildlife

Good news? Smallmouth bass chow down on invaders

By Capital News Service | February 12, 2015

New studies show that the invasive species, round goby, has become a key food source for native species, including the small mouth bass, yellow perch and walleye.

Nearshore

Grant program to fight Michigan invaders

By Guest Contributor | December 5, 2014

Program battles harmful plants and animals.

Wildlife

Michigan adds killer shrimp, others to banned species list

By Guest Contributor | November 20, 2014

Unlike Sharknadoes, the tiny crustacean poses a real threat, especially in the Great Lakes.

Echo

Inviting invasives to the digital world

By Kevin Duffy | November 13, 2014

Great Lakes researchers are building a time machine to help fight freshwater invasive species.

Wildlife

To catch a predator: Citizens enlisted to track invasive species

By | September 26, 2014

Online reporting helps put more eyes on the paths of destructive invaders.

Echo

Refuge picked for livability project; invasives sold at bait shops

By Guest Contributor | September 9, 2014

Click the audio for details and Mr. Great Lakes for the text. Jeff Kart is Mr. Great Lakes and heard at 9 a.m. Fridays in Bay City, Mich., on Delta College Q-90.1 FM NPR and is rebroadcast on Great Lakes Echo with permission.

Wildlife

Chef cooks up new way to explain threats from invasive species.

By David Poulson | September 8, 2014

He cooks up invasive species and the stories that go with them.

Wildlife

Great Lakes exports mussels, advice and reporter to Texas

By David Poulson | July 7, 2014

Clean, drain, dry is common advice among the Great Lakes boating community. Now it’s delivered with a southern drawl. The watercraft maintenance practice limits the spread of invasive species between lakes. And now it is used in Texas to limit the further spread of a Great Lakes menace threatening lakes in that state. Zebra mussels are again the target. They entered the U.S. through the Great Lakes aboard freighters that inadvertently transported them from Eurasia.