How do living mussels filter water?
Living mussels are natures fresh water version of marine clams like those we can find on beach and fresh water mussels is a bivalved mollusca that lives in fresh water. they are also known as fresh water clams, naiads & unionids. these elements are living water filter and moving as much as eight gallon of water per day through their internal filteration system,they also filter dangerous bacteria ex. E.Coli
Mussels constantly pump water to feed and breath they filter out suspended particle in the water . Phytoplankton and Zooplankton and other micro-organism are also filter water. it make vulnereable to water pollution and degradation of aquatics ecosystem.
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