GLIN==> Seiche Newsletter

["Marie E. Zhuikov" <mzhuikov@d.umn.edu>]

Minnesota Sea Grant's "Seiche" online newsletter is now available:
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/


Articles include:

- Basic Instinct: Plant Chemicals Found that Attract Insect
Too bad for Eurasian watermilfoil! The invasive plant smells delicious 
to a hungry species of weevil and now scientists know why.

- New Zealand Mudsnails Found in Duluth-Superior Harbor
Egad! Tiny cloning snails are the newest invader in the Twin Ports.

- Bile isn't Vile: Identifying the Scent that Lures Trout Home
We already know that migratory fish identify their home streams by 
smell. University of Minnesota researchers have found that a major 
portion of the smell that attracts Kamloops trout emanates from fish 
excrement.

- Readers Want to Know...
Why is mercury more of a problem in the gamefish of Minnesota's 
northerneastern lakes than in other areas?

- Updated Minnesota Shoreland CD
The latest edition of The Minnesota Shoreland Management Resource Guide 
Web site, www.shorelandmanagment.org, is available on a CD.

...plus information on other staff activities and new products/services.
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Marie Zhuikov (pronounced zwee-cough)
Communications Coordinator
Minnesota Sea Grant - UMD
(218) 726-7677
www.seagrant.umn.edu
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