Mussel in a sentence

Also, the county will buy supplies to build zebra mussel samplers to hang off docks for lake associations that don’t have funds to afford the supplies needed to conduct zebra mussel veliger testing.

Other factors which exert an influence on distribution include nutrient availability, predation and salinity. citation Endemic animal species * Zebra mussel : The Black Sea along with the Caspian Sea is part of the Zebra mussel's native range.

And down the road, this effort may lead to approaches that can benefit scientists who are battling other invasive species like the sea lamprey and zebra mussel.

The quagga mussel, first discovered in the United States in 1989, is an invasive species that alters the food web by filtering water and removing plankton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The salamander mussel is the only mussels in North America whose larvae survives on the gills of a salamander.

These jets disturb the river surface and attract fish, and mussel larvae in the jets can then attach to the gills of the fish and complete their metamorphosis into adults.

He also voiced concern for the freshwater pearl mussel population of the Allow, which are “extremely scarce” and the subject of conservation efforts.

Johnson said preserving current populations of the threatened mussel species is extremely important because reintroductions of certain species take a long time.

Mostly, though, there’s the silence of communal appreciation for combinations such as crispy chicken skin with Cornish crab and sea herbs, or mussel and seaweed custard with beef tendons and caviar.

Most organic material, whether it’s charcoal or mussel shells, contains trace amounts of radioactive carbon-14, which gradually breaks down over thousands of years.

The blue (common) mussel (Mytilus edulis).

Then, on the starter’s call, the boats raced towards Portobello and turned beside the metal marker at Eastfield, then raced back to the mussel sculpture.

It pushed SSTs to 1.5 deg C above average — and as high as 6 deg C above normal in some spots off the West Coast — and mussel beds, seaweeds and phytoplankton around Southland and Otago suffered cascading losses.

Components: Oysters, mussel toast (steamed mussels with confit onions, served on bread with garlic aioli, topped with grated smoked scallop), crudo (currently arctic char), shrimp cocktail with Marie Rose sauce, butter poached king crab leg.

Consommé, crustace (scallop, mussel, local ramps, fennel and Champagne foam with baguette) and duck breast served with lavender, blueberry, celeriac, asparagus and green apple are among the menu’s highlights.

Discover a Pattaya institution with white shrimp, crab, mussel, squid, river prawn together with international cuisine; sushi, maki, whole roasted chicken, homemade pizza, Asian and Western dishes, desserts and live station of waffle and pancake.

I can’t find the granny I adored anywhere in Marguerite’s uppity Supper Time Savouries (mussel titbits?

Independently, a second bay mussel developed contagious cancer of its own.

One of the top catches for the weekend was produced by the chairman of the Park Rynie Ski-boat Club, Kevin Fourie, who caught a beautiful 19.7kg mussel cracker.

Participants in the citizen science project will be provided with a pair of mussel monitors to be attached to their private docks.