FluEgg

USGS scientists monitored the distribution of the Invasive carp populations within the pools of the Illinois River to help identify favorable habitats. Sharp contrasts in habitat, flow conditions, water quality, and food supply between the Marseilles and Dresden Island Pools and the Chicago Area Waterway System may be acting as controlling factors to the stalled upstream movement of Invasive carp...

Increased threat of Invasive carp entering the Great Lakes and spreading to other basins such as the Upper Mississippi River and Ohio River basins, has led to increased prevention and control efforts since 2010. USGS Invasive carp biology and life history research has led to the development of models, tools and strategies to better understand the risk of Invasive carp establishment and survival...