[APWG] NEWS: Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.news.wisc.edu/15782

Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species
Oct. 15, 2008
by Jill Sakai

The latest "damming" evidence suggests that manmade reservoirs are facilitating 
the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin lakes.

In a comparison of natural lakes and impoundments -- reservoirs created by 
damming rivers -- the impoundments were up to 300 times more likely than lakes 
to harbor invasive aquatic species, according to a study published last month 
in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

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