Searching for mussels

Man swimming in a river holding a small mussel between his finger

Photo By/Credit

Gena Lyons/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

03/30/2022

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Swimming in the river and hand grubbing along the banks, biologist search for the freshwater mussels.

Facility

Bears Bluff National Fish Hatchery

Ecosystem

River/stream

Species

Toxolasma pullus

Subject tags

Aquaculture

Aquatic environment

Biologists (USFWS)

Fish hatcheries

Fisheries management

Rivers and streams

Sampling

Swimming

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