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Madison Dunlap, a Biology graduate student at Central Michigan University, has been studying the role native mussels play in ...

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Researchers discover surprising evidence of human influence on fish ecosystems centuries before historical records suggest.

Louis Encephalitis virus, and other pathogens to humans, livestock, and wildlife. Aquatic plants provide food to animals and they shelter a variety of organisms, including larval fishes and aquatic ...

Alabama bass, which are invasive to North Carolina, are now in more rivers and lakes than ever before and are competing with ...

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