GLIN==> Shrimp joins Great Lakes invader list

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Hemimysis anomala, a shrimp native to the Caspian and Black seas, has been 
found in the Muskegon, Mich., area of Lake Michigan. Juveniles and mature 
females were found in the channel connecting Muskegon Lake to Lake Michigan, 
indicating that the species is likely reproducing in the Great Lakes.

A related article is published in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, see 
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=544851

Additional photos of Hemimysis anomala are available from the NOAA Great 
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory at 
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/photogallery/Hemimysis.html

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