NZMS

Hey, angelsmum, could you please come pick up your mud snails?

They've been partying too hard and are beginning to get out of hand.

(I'm joshing you, just so you know. I should have taken all that prickly pear home with me from Australia when I left, too.)

On a more serious note, though, if these things populations are that dense - up to a million/square meter - I'm not sure how they're planning to get rid of them, short of sterilizing the streambed and then reintroducing native populations. Unless they could introduce their natural predators, but that can wind up causing other problems - several problematic introduced species instead of just one.

NZMS

Hey, angelsmum, could you please come pick up your mud snails?

They've been partying too hard and are beginning to get out of hand.

(I'm joshing you, just so you know. I should have taken all that prickly pear home with me from Australia when I left, too.)

On a more serious note, though, if these things populations are that dense - up to a million/square meter - I'm not sure how they're planning to get rid of them, short of sterilizing the streambed and then reintroducing native populations. Unless they could introduce their natural predators, but that can wind up causing other problems - several problematic introduced species instead of just one.

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Going on midnite and it's been pouring buckets since I left work. Dock in the morning - I'd better get out the rain gear. But it means I'll be back in the office early, 'cause the fishermen have gotta be crazy to be out working in this. Some of them are though.

Yay, DP and I are definitely going on the squid cruise starting next Monday. We'll be looking for squid eggs beds around Santa Catalina Island until Thursday. I'm so excited - it's been about two years since I've gotten to go on a research cruise. And I'm glad DP will get to go - she's been with us for nearly four years and has never gotten to do anything like this. She really deserves it.

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Going on midnite and it's been pouring buckets since I left work. Dock in the morning - I'd better get out the rain gear. But it means I'll be back in the office early, 'cause the fishermen have gotta be crazy to be out working in this. Some of them are though.

Yay, DP and I are definitely going on the squid cruise starting next Monday. We'll be looking for squid eggs beds around Santa Catalina Island until Thursday. I'm so excited - it's been about two years since I've gotten to go on a research cruise. And I'm glad DP will get to go - she's been with us for nearly four years and has never gotten to do anything like this. She really deserves it.