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 percent sand) with a total organic carbon (TOC) content of about 3 percent obtained from northeastern Minnesota, a predominantly fine sand (82 percent sand) with a TOC content of about 1 percent obtained from southwest Missouri, and a coarse commercial sand with a diameter of less than 0.5 mm (Granusil, number 4030)].
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Title | Burrowing behavior of freshwater mussels |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9NTLG30 |
| Authors | Nile E Kemble, Jamie P Hughes, Jeffery A Steevens, John M Besser |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Columbia Environmental Research Center |
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