Juvenile eastern lampmussel bound together by a mass of byssal threads

Photo By/Credit

Maynard, Amy/Conservation Management Institute

Date Shot/Created

09/29/2016

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Juvenile eastern lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata) bound together by a mass of byssal threads. Photo: Amy Maynard, the Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Species

Lampsilis radiata

Subject tags

Work of the Service

Science

Rivers and streams

Restoration

Research

Freshwater mussels

Ecosystem recovery