In the ninth episode of the ParAqua Podcast Joe speaks to Jonas Mauch a PhD student at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin. Together, they discuss his research project that focuses on the invasion of Quagga Mussels into freshwater ecosystems and the effect this species is having on the ecology of these environments.

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