Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

09 Sep, 07 AM - 10 Sep, 03 AM

As part of the Development of Biological Control for the New Zealand Mud Snail project, we must ensure that the proposed candidate biocontrol organism, a highly specific castrating trematode, Microphallus sp., will not be infective to native hydrobiids nor other aquatic molluscs. While we are confident that the agent does not pose a risk to such native species, and indeed it is known to be specific to certain haplotypes within the species, nonetheless host-range tests remain critical prior to any release of non-indigenous organisms into the waterways of North America. Therefore, we now must acquire representative samples of a wide variety of non-target snails for testing in infectivity trials in our parasitology laboratory at UCSB. The eastern Sierra Nevada area is host to numerous non-target snails in which we are interested and is thus an essential region for collection.

Visit #19128 @Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

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Under Project # 20485 | Research

Development of Biological Control for the New Zealand Mud Snail

research_assistant - University of California, Santa Barbara

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