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How invasive mussels threaten the Great Lakes
Clean water can be a bad thing.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Discover an undersea cluster of mussels and alvinocaridid shrimp found at NW Eifuku located near the Mariana Islands
A cluster of mussels and shrimp found at NW Eifuku, an undersea volcano located near...
Video: Major funding for this expedition was provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration Program and NOAA Vents Program; video clips edited by Bill Chadwick, Oregon State University/NOAA

Images

blue mussel
Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis).
Andreas Trepte
zebra mussels on boat propeller
A zebra mussel-encrusted boat propeller from Lewis and Clark Lake in South Dakota,...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; photograph, Sam Stukel/South Dakota GF&P
biomonitoring; biosentinel
The investigation of biosentinels, living organisms that warn of the presence of...
Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Clams, mussels, and oysters are popular seafood options
Telling them apart on market ice requires a closer look at their shells.
© Pam McLean—Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images