When Tomasz Wilk settled to camp one evening on the banks of a Polish river, he didn’t expect to find fountains in the shallows. Though reminiscent of an archer fish’s Keep reading
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Anchoring Mussels
Mussels live in rough conditions, constantly pummeled by waves and turbulent currents. They hold themselves fast in the flow using dozens of byssel threads (commonly called a mussel’s beard) that Keep reading
Freshwater Mussels
Freshwater bivalves like these California floater mussels are critical species for the health of our waters. And although we don’t think of mussels as being very mobile, they’re actually quite Keep reading
The Livers of Our Rivers
To the naked eye, mussels and other bivalves don’t appear to be doing much. But these filter feeders are hard at work. The mussel takes in water through its incurrent Keep reading
Mussels
In this video, schlieren imaging is used to make visible the flow field around a mussel. Mussels are filter-feeders, drawing nearby water in to obtain their food and expelling the Keep reading