Zebra mussels invade Lake Erie muds
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It has been established that beds of zebra mussels directly colonize sand and mud sediments every year across many square kilometres of North America's Lake Erie. The sediments underlying the Lake Erie offshore assemblages of zebra mussels were found to have no associated hard substrates, such as clam shells, which are generally believed to be required as recruitment nuclei. It seems that zebra mussels can directly colonize sand substrates and they use their byssal threads to bind sediments into conglomerates.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Superselective clay for radium uptake
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Issues are presented concerning the use of a synthetic, highly charged clay which removes radium from the environment and immobilizes it. The use of the clay for the decontamination of soil and drinking water wells is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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