Title: "Invasive Species Research in Nevada Lakes"
Source: KOLO
Aired: 08/17/10 6:30 pm
Keywords: dri, lake mead, lake tahoe, nevada, quagga mussels, invasive species, environmental science
Affiliation: DHS
Contact(s):  Kumud Acharya
Description: Kumud Acharya, Ph.D. has worked in Southern Nevada for the last four years studying the changing climate and its effect on the state’s water. Since coming to Las Vegas his focus has shifted to another problem, invasive species specially those living in Lake Mead.

Given the seriousness of the recent Quagga mussel invasion for the ecology and economy of the broader region, and for the overall management of water resources, the primary goal of DRI's research is to study the ecology and biology of Quagga mussels and their impact on aquatic biodiversity and water quality in Lake Mead.

Acharya and his colleague Sudeep Chandra, Ph.D., assistant professor from the University of Nevada have teamed up to study the effects of a possible Quagga mussel outbreak at Tahoe.