07-05-2010, 10:08 PM
[quote Troll]Those are my words, not anything like "But to suggest or flatly state that waterfowl play no part is false."[/quote][size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Hey Troll,[/#800000][/font][/size]
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[size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Au contraire monsuier, you most certainly DID suggest it when you stated “The notion that birds can and do transport Quagga mussels is not proven. . . “ when in fact it HAS been proven. I even provided you a couple of links that show the data and analysis. [/#800000][/font][/size]
[quote Troll]You should also note that Carlton and Johnson's research is on Zebra Mussels, Dreissena "polymorpha", not "Dreissena rostriformis bugensis"[/quote][size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]The report “Invasive Mussels, Threats and prevention efforts in Utah” prepared by the Utah Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force applies to all three potential threats - Quagga Mussel (Dreissena bugensis), Zebra Mussel (Dreissena. Polymorpha), and False Darkmussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata). There are 22 cited references at the end of the report. Feel free to read them at your convenience. There are another 25 references cited at the end of the Carlton and Johnson report.[/#800000][/font][/size]
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[size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]I have not read all of them, but I have read enough of them that I’m convinced that your assertion that transportation of quagga mussels by birds is not proven is a false assertion. You can nit pick away at me all you want. But the fact remains you are incorrect about there being any proof about birds transporting mussels.[/#800000][/font][/size]
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[size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Au contraire monsuier, you most certainly DID suggest it when you stated “The notion that birds can and do transport Quagga mussels is not proven. . . “ when in fact it HAS been proven. I even provided you a couple of links that show the data and analysis. [/#800000][/font][/size]
[quote Troll]You should also note that Carlton and Johnson's research is on Zebra Mussels, Dreissena "polymorpha", not "Dreissena rostriformis bugensis"[/quote][size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]The report “Invasive Mussels, Threats and prevention efforts in Utah” prepared by the Utah Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force applies to all three potential threats - Quagga Mussel (Dreissena bugensis), Zebra Mussel (Dreissena. Polymorpha), and False Darkmussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata). There are 22 cited references at the end of the report. Feel free to read them at your convenience. There are another 25 references cited at the end of the Carlton and Johnson report.[/#800000][/font][/size]
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[size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]I have not read all of them, but I have read enough of them that I’m convinced that your assertion that transportation of quagga mussels by birds is not proven is a false assertion. You can nit pick away at me all you want. But the fact remains you are incorrect about there being any proof about birds transporting mussels.[/#800000][/font][/size]
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Bob Hicks, from Utah
I'm 82 years young and going as hard as I can for as long as I can.
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I'm 82 years young and going as hard as I can for as long as I can.
"Free men do not ask permission to bear arms."