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  1. (Note: this is an annual, regular quarantine order of shellfish in California, due to "red tide" possibility in warmer months. At some point, they're going to have to extend this on either side of the normal annual quarantine, if SSTs keep on rising)

    KTLA: Warning issued for recreational mussels along California coast

    ktla.com/news/california/toxic

    #mussels #redtide #shellfish

  2. My linocut shows 2 blue mussel. The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), or common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are aptly called common mussels and are found on temperate beaches worldwide. Perfect for your favourite malachologist, beach comber, gourmand or shell collector, each 8” x 8” print is hand printed on Japanese paper.

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/167

    #mussels #linocut #printmaking #sciart #invertebrate #mastoArt

  3. My linocut shows 2 blue mussel. The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), or common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are aptly called common mussels and are found on temperate beaches worldwide. Perfect for your favourite malachologist, beach comber, gourmand or shell collector, each 8” x 8” print is hand printed on Japanese paper.

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/167

    #mussels #linocut #printmaking #sciart #invertebrate #mastoArt

  4. My linocut shows 2 blue mussel. The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), or common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are aptly called common mussels and are found on temperate beaches worldwide. Perfect for your favourite malachologist, beach comber, gourmand or shell collector, each 8” x 8” print is hand printed on Japanese paper.

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/167

    #mussels #linocut #printmaking #sciart #invertebrate #mastoArt

  5. My linocut shows 2 blue mussel. The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), or common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are aptly called common mussels and are found on temperate beaches worldwide. Perfect for your favourite malachologist, beach comber, gourmand or shell collector, each 8” x 8” print is hand printed on Japanese paper.

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/167

    #mussels #linocut #printmaking #sciart #invertebrate #mastoArt

  6. My linocut shows 2 blue mussel. The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), or common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are aptly called common mussels and are found on temperate beaches worldwide. Perfect for your favourite malachologist, beach comber, gourmand or shell collector, each 8” x 8” print is hand printed on Japanese paper.

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/167

    #mussels #linocut #printmaking #sciart #invertebrate #mastoArt

  7. #OverUnder 047 with @ploum

    He’s a Belgian #blogger, #writer, and #opensource #developer.

    He wrote many SF #books, created #Offpunk, an “offline-first command-line browser”, and blogs often about things that could make our world better.

    He’s a bépo user, and loves split mechanical keyboards.

    Today, he shares his thoughts on mailing lists, #bikes, #Gemini, Calendar.txt and #plaintext files, and #Mussels and Chips.

    #blog #MechanicalKeyboards #fediverse #mastodon #email

    lazybea.rs/ovr-047

  8. Some #UnsolicitedNoods coming at you hot and ready, as the gods intended. Cheers friends.

    Been a while since I had a bowl of #ramen, an overdue treat. This bowl of #NongShim Spicy Seafood noodles, less 1/3 of the brick, featured a bunch of shredded #cabbage, #scallions, #mussels, #sardines, #kelp, #radishes, and #cilantro.

    Noodly goodness, I left you for too long. Never again.

    #noodles #foodporn

  9. Mussel power: how an offshore #shellfish farm is boosting marine life theconversation.com/mussel-pow

    "Over many years, the studies have shown how some #mussels from the farm have fallen to the seabed and regenerated lost shell reefs. The farm has also boosted populations of #crabs, #lobsters, #scallops, #starfish, #fish, conger #eels, #sharks and #rays... By creating structure and excluding the damaging effects of bottom-towed fishing, offshore #MusselFarms can restore degraded #fishing grounds"

  10. Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life.

    Mussel farming provides a sustainable alternative protein source for human diets, because mussels filter feed on plankton and do not have to be fed wild-caught fish.

    Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250606

    #Mussels #Shellfish #MarineLife #Biodiversity #Protein #Seabed #Nature #Environment #LymeBay #UK

  11. Sending out some hot, steamy #unsolicitednoods for a morning that could use some comfort. Ramen so hot that it should have a content warning.

    Today with lots of #kale, #sardines, #mussels, #scallions, a couple small #radishes, and some leftover #peas.

    #cooking #foodporn #noodles #ramen #nongshim #breakfast #pescatarian

    ...Sending pictures of food to strangers on the Internet is probably a coping mechanism of some kind.

  12. Thermal-induced #crystallographic transformation in shells of #mussels reveal that crystallographic features in the #carbonate are more resistant to #diagenetic alteration than stable #isotope ratios.
    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

  13. Remarkable marine animal forests found around #Wellington's coast in central #NewZealand phys.org/news/2024-09-remarkab

    Ecologically significant shallow-water (0–30 m) marine animal forests in central New Zealand sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    "#MarineAnimalForests are habitats formed by big groups of #invertebrates—creatures such as #sponges, horse #mussels, and #brachiopods, which look a bit like #clams. These remarkable communities are increasingly being recognized as #biodiversity hotspots"

  14. Another bowl of #unsolicitednoods for breakfast. Today featuring smoked #mussels, some #collards, 1 #avocado, bunch of #cilantro, 3 #scallions, and 2 #radishes.

    It's a happy seafood-focused hug for my mouth.

    #ramen #noodles #nongshim #foodporn #food

  15. Give nature space and it will come back: #Rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast theguardian.com/environment/ar

    "I’ve seen #kelp washed up here in the winter, for the first time in 10 years... We’ve had the biggest bed of #mussels stretching from Lancing to Brighton. I saw an #ElectricRay last year and an angel #shark, which is critically endangered. First one I’ve seen since 1966. Also the #bream are coming back."

  16. Investigating the remarkable reproductive cycle of #Michigan's threatened #mollusks phys.org/news/2024-05-qa-remar

    Polymorphism in the aggressive #mimicry lure of the parasitic freshwater #mussel #Lampsilis fasciola peerj.com/articles/17359/

    "the freshwater #mussels' remarkable reproductive cycle includes the use of fleshy 'mantle lures' by pregnant females to attract nearby #fish and infect them with mussel #larvae."

  17. #Crabs, #kelp, and #mussels: #Argentina’s waters teem with life – could a #fish farm ban do the same for Chile? theguardian.com/environment/20

    "In 2021, the provincial government voted to ban intensive #SalmonFarming in Argentinian waters... Everything in the sea has benefited... from the crabs to the #seaweed; they all depend on a healthy #BeagleChannel... But in neighbouring #Chile, the same protection does not exist. Things drastically changed over the years with the arrival of this industry"

  18. The #insertAnInvert2024 prompt this week is epifauna, or animals that live on top of sediment by cementing or attaching their shells onto rock using filaments. I chose 2 blue mussels. The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), or common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are aptly called common mussels & are found on temperate beaches worldwide. They are also yummy.

    #linocut #printmaking #sciart #mussels #shellfish #invertebrate #blueMussel #mastoArt

  19. my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, the final issue, number 24: some of the many things we can still learn from #bivalves, from underwater #adhesion, to microscale mirror #optics. Blog entry contains magic link for free access: proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2 #science #invertebrates #MarineBiology #scallops #mussels image shows #BirthOfVenus in a scallop shell, hence hidden from sensitive eyes ...

  20. Dynamic bio-interface between mussel tissue and byssus plays important role in quick release phys.org/news/2023-11-dynamic-

    A strong quick-release #biointerface in mussels mediated by serotonergic cilia-based adhesion science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

    "#Mussels use #byssus threads (known commonly as a beard) to attach themselves to solid objects such as rocks. The #mussel byssus has been extensively studied due to their unique ability to connect nonliving material to living tissue and to disconnect on demand."

  21. "The sheet surfaces are in intimate adhesive contact with billions of motile epithelial #cilia that control #biointerface strength and stem release through their collective movement, which is regulated neurochemically. We posit that this may involve a complex sensory pathway by which sessile #mussels respond to environmental stresses to release and relocate."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

  22. Seascapes of the #DeepSea oceanbites.org/seascapes-of-th

    Seascape #ecology in the vicinity of a Blake Ridge cold seep: Kellie Johnson et al. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33

    "The #ColdSeep ecosystem included #mussels, #clams, #tubeworms, and #BacterialMats capable of harnessing energy from the methane and sulfur-rich environment through symbiosis... Outside the cold seep, #SeaStars, #urchins, and #SeaCucumbers dominated. The seep also seemed to be a hotspot for certain #predators such as #octopus"

  23. #Mussels able to adjust heart rate to cope with #MarineHeatWaves phys.org/news/2023-09-mussels- #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #OceanOptimism

    Mussels show capacity for persistence under, and recovery from, marine #heatwaves link.springer.com/article/10.1

    "This bodes well for their survival under future marine heat waves, with these events predicted to increase in severity, frequency and duration"

  24. #ConservationOptimism: Cumbrian #FreshwaterMussels reproduce for first time in 13 years bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbri

    "Only a handful of freshwater #shellfish populations remain in #England. #Conservationists have been monitoring the #RiverIrt, home to the #CriticallyEndangered population of ~300 mussels.

    To try and help the #mussels, they have been improving the habitat by stabilising the river bank, #PlantingTrees and adding boulders to the water. They also released juvenile mussels."

  25. Exceptional analysis of the 2021 #PNW #heat #dome.

    OA 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41467-023

    Quotes: “…(analyses of) deaths in metropolitan #Vancouver found that they were disproportionately in neighborhoods with higher #material and #social #deprivation and lower levels of #green #space…”

    “…over one million #mussels were estimated to have died in a mere 100-m stretch of #shoreline…”

    “…the #heatwave killed ~10 million #barnacles along a single 100-m stretch of #intertidal #habitat…”

    #ClimateChange 🔥🌡️🌎

  26. #Freshwater #mussels, many of which are of #conservation #concern, are a great target for #environmental #DNA (#eDNA) detection to guide #management #tactics and #strategies.

    But as the authors of this new paper point out: "Confidence in our ability to identify eDNA #metabarcoding reads relies on a #curated, #accurate #database."

    Use of eDNA methods various purposes is going to mean a lot of work with #specimens and databases in coming years.

    🧬 #biodiversity

    🔗 peerj.com/articles/15127/

  27. Archival 31 December 2020: NEW YEAR’S EVE dinner tradition for many years — #MOULES et FRITES, or #mussels with French fries with leek stock, saffron, minced onion, garlic, white wine, brandy, chopped parsley, green onions. #FrenchFries on the side.

    #christmastide #NewYear #NewYearsEve #food

  28. #Mussels are important in #freshwater #ecosystems because they filter the water and remove #algae. As filter feeders they’re exposed to everything in the water, and this makes them a valuable indicator of #ecosystem health. #Mussel shells also provide places for other #aquatic species to live.
    #EarthScience #Environmental #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2022/11/en11282201.