Ballast water of commercial ships is the leading source for aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes. A project led by Wayne State University, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) at the University of Minnesota Duluth, aims to protect the Great Lakes by helping assure that indicative monitoring systems designed to assess invasive species management are effective.
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Source: Phys.org