Scientists: $200M loss from Great Lakes invasives
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 01:07
in Earth & Climate
Foreign species that slipped into the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships cost the regional economy at least $200 million a year, according to a University of Notre Dame study released Wednesday.
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