Burrowing behavior of freshwater mussels

Description

Data include burrowing behavior of juvenile freshwater mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea); Villosa constricta; Megalonaias nervosa; Villosa iris; Lampsilis powellii; and Anodonta oregonensis) in three types of sediment [a sand/silt/clay mixture (49% sand) with a total organic carbon (TOC) content of about 3% obtained from northeastern Minnesota, a predominantly fine sand (82% sand) with a TOC content of about 1% obtained from southwest Missouri, and a coarse commercial sand with a diameter of < 0.5 mm (Granusil, #4030)].

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NTLG30
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5f329d1482cee144fb30dd1b.xml

Tags

  • unionidae
  • rainbow-mussel
  • biota
  • benthic-ecology
  • freshwater-mussel
  • notched-rainbow-mussel
  • behavior
  • arkansas-fatmucket-mussel
  • usgs-5f329d1482cee144fb30dd1b
  • mollusks
  • fatmucket-mussel
  • sediments
  • benthic-ecosystems
  • oregon-floater-mussel
  • washboard-mussel

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