Freshwater mussels function as nature’s water treatment plants. Each animal can filter up to 600 gallons of water per month. And when working together, they can dramatically clean the water of the ...
Moreover, the protective effect of glochidia infestation against bacterial disease sustained several months after the larvae had dropped off from the gills of fish. The higher the number of pearl ...
At a glance, mussels seem uninteresting. Freshwater mussels — clams — look like rocks, and they lie partly buried in streambeds, out of sight and out of mind. Yet these aquatic paperweights have one ...