Petri dish captures the harvested glochidia

Small syringe inserted into the flesh of a mussel above a petri dish. In the petri dish is some orange-brown material suspended in clear agar.
Photo By/Credit

Hagerty, Ryan/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/23/2016
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A metal bolt can be used to hold the two valves apart while the syringe is inserted. The Petri dish below captures the harvested glochidia.
Subject tags
Biologists (USFWS)
Ecosystem recovery
Equipment
Freshwater mussels
Research
Restoration
Rivers and streams
Science
Work of the Service