Two notable zooplankton returned this past fall and winter – daphnia and bosmina. They had largely disappeared from Tahoe after invasive mysis shrimp were introduced in the 1960s. The shrimp were so abundant in the lake that a California nonprofit group was studying ways to harvest the shrimp and turn them into dog treats.
In 2021, the mysis shrimp population crashed unexpectedly, and a year later, daphnia and bosmina were thriving.
Hmmmmm! With all the snow waiting to melt, how much silt will we get. Guess we need to go up and check it out.
Remember when they went nuts after the Gulf “spill”...but the bugs were eating the oil up like crazy...and the cleanup folks were aghast!! It was like....OMG...
There are also several little creatures that EAT plastic. One of them eats the plastic in landfills/soil; another consumes the plastic in the oceans.
Reminds me of the Gulf Oil accident, where the oil was pouring into the Gulf waters after the drill pipe broke. The questimates for the amount of oil released into the Gulf were from ‘a lot’ to ‘a lot more.’ Later they stated they could not find over half of the questimated oil. Turns out, just like plastic, there are little creatures that eat oil. What the Drive-By Media will never admit or inform is that oil is seeping out into the oceans from the ocean floor all the time. It is part of nature. It is food for some creatures, and a GREAT source of energy and products for us. When an extra large amount of oil is released into the ocean, there develop large plumes of these creatures that eat the oil. Imagine an all-you-can-eat buffet.
the Great Lakes, and now many inland Michigan lakes have been inundated by non-native molusk. Small, but they do clean the water up. I think the PTB should stop introducing crap to lakes and areas. It is always a disaster.