2024-05-28

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Journey to the Microcosmos

When you think of mussels and clams and other bivalve animals, you might think of something as shelled and static, perhaps sitting on your plate at a fancy restaurant. But before the mussel got to your plate, it led a life—and all things considered, a surprisingly active one.

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SOURCES:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bivalve.html

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.214.4523.911

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bivalvia/

https://www.emsl.pnnl.gov/news/drawing-inspiration-muscle-mussel-foot

https://www.thoughtco.com/byssal-byssus-threads-2291697

https://www.npr.org/2010/03/05/124319594/mighty-mussels-have-industrial-strength

https://www.fao.org/3/y5720e/y5720e07.htm

https://newportbay.org/wildlife/marine-life/filter-feeders/

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF01319711

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.1993.38.2.0265

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261742184_The_Utility_of_In_vivo_Observations_for_Describing_Particle_Capture_Processes_in_Suspension-Feeding_Bivalve_Molluscs