Natural ecosystems are remarkably complex and seemingly trivial changes can have far ranging impacts
In the great lakes, the inadvertent introduction of zebra and quagga mussels has had a number consequences with the most recent being a massive die-off of loons. This is a prime example of how difficult it is to predict the larger impacts of what we do to the environment.
Great Lakes loons dying in record numbers from botulism outbreak spurred by ecological disturbance
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 5, 2013, but received limited visibility on AnnArbor.com and MLive.com.) The Common Loon, arguable one of …
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