https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/why-we-need-improve-sex-lives-mussels
Video on mussel glochidia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS84jyEVLTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRKr2DpXbwk
This video is short but is interesting because it shows the gametes being released.
This video is short but is interesting because it shows the gametes being released.
cool video explaining and showing mussle super- conglutinate
https://youtu.be/4pG0agPLOG0
https://youtu.be/4pG0agPLOG0
I linked a video below that gives a good overview of the reproduction process of mussels and shows several species of mussels.
http://www.iowapbs.org/iowalandandsky/story/33933/iowa-land-and-sky-1158-views-14-0-share-save-iowapublictelevision
http://www.iowapbs.org/iowalandandsky/story/33933/iowa-land-and-sky-1158-views-14-0-share-save-iowapublictelevision
This is a pretty neat time-lapse of a larval mussel (glochidia) becoming encysted on a fish fin. This helps them stay protected during the early stages of their life cycle.
https://youtu.be/6TZYF-7-Guk
https://youtu.be/6TZYF-7-Guk