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
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Description |
Link |
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Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NTLG30 |
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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