University of Michigan: Alluring Larvae - Competition to Attract Fish Drives Species Diversity Among Freshwater Mussels
November 17, 2021
November 17, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 17 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
North America's freshwater mussels are both impressively diverse and highly imperiled. Nearly 300 species occur in the United States and Canada, and up to 40 species of the hard-shelled bottom dwellers can be found on a single stretch of a clean, swiftly flowing river.
Freshwater mussels are also a paradoxical group: How can so many species persist side by side wh . . .
North America's freshwater mussels are both impressively diverse and highly imperiled. Nearly 300 species occur in the United States and Canada, and up to 40 species of the hard-shelled bottom dwellers can be found on a single stretch of a clean, swiftly flowing river.
Freshwater mussels are also a paradoxical group: How can so many species persist side by side wh . . .