Feeding and Burrowing Behaviors of Juvenile Rainbow Mussels, Villosa iris (Bivalvia:Unionidae)

Authors:
  • MYM. M. Yeager
    M. M. Yeager
  • DCD. S. Cherry
    D. S. Cherry
  • RNR. J. Neves
    R. J. Neves

Abstract
This study characterized the relationship between juvenile rainbow mussels (Villosa iris) and the sediment they inhabit. Dye studies in a feeding chamber, video recordings of feeding, and gut conte...