The Gazette29d
Critical habitat zones proposed to protect freshwater mussels
As the number of freshwater mussels continue to decline across North America, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking to designate critical habitat areas to protect the species. The service ...
Point Reyes Light1d
Mussel bed thriving, twin studies find
A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson Beach, Marshall, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls, ...
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Mussel Bed Surveyed Before World War II Still Thriving
This video includes footage of a special meeting among Emily Longman, Eric Sanford and then-101-year-old Milton Hildebrand, one of the original surveyors of the Dillon Beach mussel bed in 1941. (Emily ...
Three rare and endangered mussel species discovered in the heart of Paris
The presence of the thick-shelled river mussel, the Ptomida litoralis and the compressed river mussel confirms the Seine's ...
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A Mussel Bed in Northern California is Still Thriving 80 Years On From Its First Survey
Researchers resurveyed a mussel bed at Dillon Beach originally studied in 1941, finding biodiversity intact and even slightly ...
Mussel bed surveyed before World War II still thriving
A mussel bed in Northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II. Resampling the ...
Phys.org15d
Mussel bed surveyed before World War II still thriving
Credit: Emily Longman Habitat-forming species, like mussels, kelp and coral, are foundational to marine ecosystems because they provide critical "housing" for other species. The authors of both ...