Spatial Variation in Biofouling of a Unionid Mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) Across the Western Basin of Lake Erie Data
Invasion of North American waters by Dreissena polymorpha and
D. rostriformis bugensis has resulted in declines in native North
American Unionoida mussels.  Dreissenid mussels biofoul unionid
mussels in large numbers and interfere with unionid movement,
acquisition of food and ability to open and close their shells. …