Radio Waves May Kill Zebra Mussels

Now there’s a report that has me crossing my fingers!!! Thanks for sharing Dave!

ummmmmm do they have to be exposed for 40 continuous days? or do they just die 40 days after a brief exposure… cuz it kind of sounds like the first one……

which would be pretty limited in its usefulness……

the only reason I say that is that they point out it takes 90 days for natives….. and if it was death 90 days after brief exposure they would be ensuring the extinction of natives… which of course they would not do…….

sounds like about all it would to is eliminate them in confined areas….BUT they would have to either run it continously to insure that the Zebs died and stayed out of there… or they would have to run it with some cycle of time……

Rivereyes

It has to be a constant exposure to the radio waves

Tom P

I’m like river-eye, it sounds good, and may have application for intake pipes for power plants or on docks or lock walls, etc. —- but how do you apply this for 40 continuous days on the bottom of 300 miles of river?

I wonder how close the zebes have to be to the source of radiation for the treatment to be effective? And I too wondered what 40 day application they would be able to effectively use? I would think that the reproductive window would be too long to prevent the deaths of the native species. Or could you just, for example, decide that every Sept. 1st you fire up the “radiation belts/pods/thingamajiggers” for 45-50 days, just to ensure good results?

If an effective method were implemented, I think it would take years upon years working sections of the rivers southward, including a forbidden travel north of the “station”, like a checkpoint. It’s a near impossible task, but it keeps me hopeful.

Dave :

thanks for the info. I think thats the same station my kids listen too.

hmmmm look out if they start piping into YOUR room!!