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University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Invasive silver carp

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Invasive silver carp have been on the verge of invading the Great Lakes from the Illinois River for a decade, but they can't seem to get past a pool south of Chicago. New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research suggests water pollutants in that spot cause avoidance and stress-response behavior in the fish. With efforts to clean the Chicago Area Waterway, the barrier to invasion may one day disappear.

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