Sentences with phrase «mussels build their shells»

The researchers found that young oysters and mussels build their shells within 48 hours to successfully begin feeding at a rate fast enough to survive, and that the rate of shell - building required significant energy expenditures.

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Oysters, clams, and mussels have built - in «timers» - their shells are tightly closed when fresh, but they pop open when they are done cooking.

These night - time harmful conditions are changing about twice as fast as the daily average, the researchers say, meaning the negative impacts on shell - building animals, including oysters, clams and mussels, may manifest more quickly than expected from simply observing the daily average.

In the presence of acidic water, the oysters and mussels had to divert too much energy to shell - building and lacked the energy to swim and get food.

Many calcifying organisms such as corals, mussels or snails will find it more and more difficult to build their shells and skeletons.

Exactly these elements are needed by calcifying organisms — plankton, mussels, snails, crabs or corals — to build their shells and skeletons.

When carbon dioxide dissolves in the sea, it becomes more acidic, making it hard for creatures like oysters, mussels and coral to build shells.