Editing Mississippi River (section)

===Introduced species===
Numerous [[introduced species]] are found in the Mississippi and some of these are [[Invasive species|invasive]]. Among the introductions are fish such as [[Asian carp in North America|Asian carp]], including the [[silver carp]] that have become infamous for out-competing native fish and their potentially dangerous [[Asian carp in North America#Jumping ability|jumping behavior]]. They have spread throughout much of the basin, even approaching (but not yet invading) the Great Lakes.<ref>{{cite news |author=Matheny, K. |date=December 23, 2016 |title=Invasive Asian carp less than 50 miles from Lake Michigan |url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/22/asian-carp-great-lakes-michigan/93970746/ |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |access-date=June 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625090825/http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/22/asian-carp-great-lakes-michigan/93970746/ |archive-date=June 25, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]] has designated much of the Mississippi River in the state as infested waters by the exotic species [[zebra mussel]]s and [[Eurasian watermilfoil]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Designation of Infested Waters |publisher=[[Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]] |url=http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/ais/infested.html |access-date=May 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601003658/http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/ais/infested.html |archive-date=June 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>