Sentences with phrase «percent of mussels»

404 Southeast aquatic species: The southeastern United States contains the richest freshwater biodiversity in the nation, harboring 62 percent of the country's fish species (493 species), 91 percent of its mussels (269 species) and 48 percent of its dragonflies and damselflies (241 species).

The researchers found that 99 percent of mussels collected from the bay were contaminated with at least one algal toxin, and 37 percent contained four distinct kinds of toxins.

Not exact matches

One study on southeastern Lake Michigan revealed that by 2009, phytoplankton levels in springtime — the prime plankton - growing time of year — had dropped nearly 90 percent since the mussels took over the lake bottom.

Because the Chinook salmon diet consists of over 90 percent alewife, the new study predicts a smaller Chinook salmon population if nutrients remain low and invasive mussels remain abundant.

30 percent increase in acidity The University of Washington marine biologist is there courtesy of Penn Cove Shellfish, which is also the oldest and best known mussel operation in the United States.

To adhere to solid surfaces, marine mussels produce byssal threads, each of which is a stiff tether at one end and a shock absorber with 160 percent extensibility at the other end.

The survey's three main authors, Manuel Lopes - Lima and Ronaldo Sousa from the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR) and Professor Jürgen Geist / Chair of Aquatic Systems Biology at TUM, describe how crucial mussels are for aquatic ecosystems: they form around 90 percent of the biomass in the bed of a water body.

After comparing contemporary survey data with 40 years of historical benchmarks, Cascade Sorte, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at UCI, and colleagues from around the U.S. report that the blue mussel numbers have declined by more than 60 percent along the gulf coastline, which stretches from Cape Cod north to the Canadian border.

The mussels used to cover as much as two - thirds of the intertidal zone, but they now cover less than 15 percent.

Targeted protection should be provided for populations that are important from an evolutionary perspective and whose stocks have already been reduced by 90 percent, water bodies with a high level of mussel species diversity, and also healthy mussel stocks in intact habitats.

New treats are coming this fall, including 100 - percent pure freeze - dried mussels, a natural source of omega - 3 fatty acids, as well as USA — sourced chicken jerky and beef jerky.