Effects of Forced Hot Air on Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Mortality
Abstract
Zebra mussels were allowed to naturally colonize 7.62-cm-wide by 6l cm-long polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes attached to a concrete wall at Black Rock Navigation Lock during the summer and fall of 1994. Pipes were removed on 31 November 1994, packed in coolers with artificial coolant and shipped to the laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, MS. For each experiment, an infested pipe was attached to a 2-m length of clean pipe that was connected to a standard floor heater with temperature maintained by a Dyna-Sense proportional AC phase controller. A small fan was placed into a PVC pipe coupler near the floor heater. Air speed was measured with a hand-held wind speed indicator (Davis Instruments), and relative humidity and temperature with a Cole-Parmer 3309-60 thermo-hygrometer and Fisher Scientific 15-077-Il digital thermometer.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA360090
Entities
People
- Andrew C. Miller
- Thomas A. Ussery