Biolgical Field Station

Feared Quagga Mussel Invades BFS Researchers Locate Invasive Worse Then Zebra, Researcher Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SUNKEN ISLAND – At 2:41 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, just north of here, one of Sarah Coney’s worst fears was realized. There in a sieve that was straining a bucket of mud from Otsego Lake’s bottom was a tiny mussel the SUNY Oneonta biology master’s candidate immediately recognized. It was a quagga mussel, even more feared than the zebra mussel that…