Effect

The mussels in response to adverse conditions may permanently close its doors, which means that chlorine is dosed to send in water for three weeks. In addition, chlorine is quite expensive and dangerous to transport, store, and so on. Therefore, the only weapon against the zebra mussel - is imperfect.

The vessel proceeded through the Great Lakes. All end in zebra mussels (photo by Chris Anderson). It is a spherical microcapsule of diameter 0.105 mm, equivalent to the size of the particles of algae, which feed on shellfish. Inside the capsule are the components that is for zebra mussels and edible, and poisonous.

Potential to offer a viable alternative to chlorination to control the mussels with the advantages of zebras in the form of a one-time processing, use non-toxic active ingredient, which solves the problems of pollution and produce trigalogenometanov - concludes a group of Aldridge.

Now that you have proved the principle, we can start checking the other components and capsules, to calculate the optimal dosing regimens and to prepare for the tests to commercialize the product. "

Experts, meanwhile, suspect that the mussel zebra soon spread to the entire North American waterways. The presence of the pest is already registered in 21 states, including Oklahoma, Louisiana and Vermont.