Don't move a mussel: Small freshwater biofoulers carry a big price tag
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:02
in Earth & Climate
Anyone that has spent time at a seaside pier has witnessed the destruction barnacles wreak on boat hulls. But biofouling animals are not limited to marine environments. A new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment estimates that the global management of freshwater mussels, clams, and other clinging animals costs $277 million U.S. dollars annually.