Talk:Quagga mussel

Merge with zebra mussel?
The following note was put at the bottom of the zebra mussel article some months ago by an unknown user:
 * The entries on the Quagga mussel and the Zebra mussel should probably be merged into one entry concerning Dreissena species. Most of the information presented is North American in perspective perhaps because many Europeans have lived with these species for generations and are accustomed to the problems that these species cause.
 * One significant difference between the two species is that Quagga mussels can occur at greater depths than zebra mussels.

I'm anything but an expert on mussels, or anything biology, really. I just happened upon the zebra mussel article and was able to do some cleaning. I'm fine with merging the zebras and quaggas, but I can't do that. Can someone look into this? Any need for an "official" merger tag? ··· rWd · Talk ··· 19:53, 11 January 2006

I would say no; but cross linking the two pages would be very useful.

After looking at the excellent elephant page, I would say that merging the Zebra/quagga mussel pages would be justified. While zebra mussels are certainly more known, quagga mussels are a part of the zebra mussel story. I think a thoughtfully reworked and merged page would be better than the two short pages in their current form. Yes the two species are distinct, but the ecological issues that they present are very similar, their feeding, reproductive biology, and invasive characteristics are very similar. The primary ecological difference is one of depth range and temperature tolerance. A quagga photo would be essential before a merger.

I'm a geneticist and this sentence is unclear:

"Nonetheless, it is clear that the genus Dreissena is highly polymorphic and has a high potential for rapid adaptation to extreme environmental conditions by the evolution of allelic frequencies and combinations, possibly leading to significant long-term impacts on North American waters."

I would suggest removing "...by the evolution of allelic frequencies and combinations," since allelic frequency is a measure of diversity within a population. It's incoherent jargon and redundant since the author already stated that Dreissena is highly polymorphic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.231.88.7 (talk) 17:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Edible?
Is it? Arbiteroftruth 03:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, technically, but so long as there is widespread pollution, it is not recommended (likely high in toxins)---read the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.28.244.122 (talk) 13:56, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

"eating them is not recommended due to the accumulation of toxins, pollutants, and microorganisms within the mussels' bodies." - This reads as if it's particular to the Quagga mussel. Is that the case? Or is this a general mussel warning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.170.15.4 (talk) 12:43, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Quagga Detection In Lake Tahoe
http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20080828/NEWS/808289992

I am new to wikipedia. However, I thought that the above link discussing a recent quagga detection and quarantine of a boat about to be launched in Lake Tahoe is notable. Especially in light of the article's discussion of the quagga in the Lower Colorado River basin and boat ban at Lake Casitas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.12.154.236 (talk) 18:03, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Quagga mussel
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Quagga mussel's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "iucn": From List of fauna of Utah:  From Synonym (taxonomy):  From Black Sea:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 21:08, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Quagga Mussels Detected in Southern Idaho
Here are two developments:


 * https://www.kmvt.com/2023/09/19/quagga-mussels-discovered-twin-falls-county-centennial-park-closed-until-further-notice/
 * https://www.kmvt.com/2023/09/20/county-officials-temporarily-close-murtaugh-lake-isda-requests-community-help-stop-spread-quagga-mussels/

Take them what you will. -- Apisite (talk) 06:47, 21 September 2023 (UTC)