Tahoe Project interview: Marion Whitmann discusses Asian clams
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:27am
In the latest audio interview, Michelle Sweeney of the Tahoe Project speaks with Dr. Marion Whitmann, an expert in Asian clams, an invasive species found in Lake Tahoe. The clams don’t have any natural predators in Tahoe and as a result have taken over significant swaths of the lake floor where they cause damage to the ecological system and can sometimes cause economic damage by spurring algae blooms and other effects damaging to Tahoe’s water and beaches. Go here for Part I of the interview and here for Part II.
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