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Once scientists understood the short-term impact of the zebra mussel invasion, they started to wonder about the invasion's long-term impact on the ecosystem. Why might the Hudson River ecosystem look different many years after the zebra mussel invasion than it did just a few years after the invasion?

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In spite of their small size (often no bigger than a penny) zebra mussels cause far-reaching damage to water structures and native ecosystems. They also negatively impact aquatic ecosystems by harming native organisms. In huge numbers, they out-compete other filter feeders, starving them.

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This cause-and-effect chain can be seen in the way zebra mussels indirectly caused the growth of the water celery population by eating plankton.

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