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Droughts, forest clearing, farming, use of dams for water management, and changes in water temperature can all pose threats to freshwater bivalve populations. Restoration efforts focus on rebuilding lost mussel populations in the wild and using those mussels to improve and protect water quality and restore broader ecosystems. [2] [3]
Depuration of seafood is the process by which marine or freshwater animals are placed into a clean water environment for a period of time to allow purging of biological contaminants (such as Escherichia coli) and physical impurities (such as sand and silt). The most common subjects of depuration are bivalves such as oysters, clams, and mussels.
Mussels are small-shelled creatures found in both salt and freshwater. However, most people only eat mussels found in salt water. Mussels are traditionally steamed with lemon juice, garlic, and ...
The black musselcracker has the generic name Cymatoceps which is a combination of cymatos, meaning "swelling" or "bump", and ceps, meaning "head". This was not explained by Castelnau but it is thought to be an allusion to the large fleshy, protuberance on the snouts of the larger adults.
Mytilopsis sallei, the black-striped mussel, is a small marine bivalve mollusc in the family Dreissenidae, the false mussels. It is closely related and ecologically similar to the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha. It is also considered as highly invasive species.
The quagga mussel is a filter feeder; it uses its cilia to pull water into its shell cavity through an incurrent siphon, where the desirable particulate matter is removed. Each adult mussel is capable of filtering one liter or more of water each day, where they remove phytoplankton, zooplankton, algae, and even their own veligers.
Geukensia demissa is a species of mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels.This species is native to the Atlantic coast of North America. The common names for this species include ribbed mussel, Atlantic ribbed marsh mussel and ribbed horsemussel. [1]
Narrow pigtoe has a triangular to square shape with a black to reddish-brown color. Narrow pigtoe reaches approximately 75 millimetres (3.0 in) in length as an adult. Its shell is moderately thick with a white- to salmon-colored interior. [6] Narrow pigtoe also has a rainbow pattern near the base of the interior shell. [6]