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    • Biofouling and mussel growth from mussels deployed in Great Lakes embayments (2013-2016)

    Metadata Updated: September 23, 2025

    Many taxa of North American unionid mussels are imperiled due to biofouling by invasive dreissenid mussels. Here, we report on biofouling rates of unionid mussels suspended in cages during the growing season in nearshore embayments in Lake Erie (2013-2016), Lake Michigan (Green Bay 2016, Grand Traverse Bay 2015) and Lake Huron (Saginaw Bay 2015). Mussels were deployed in early summer (late May or early June) and retrieved in late summer or fall (late August or early September). Wet weights were collected from mussels before and after removal of biofouling taxa (primarily dreissenid mussels).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 23, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 23, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 2024-01-03T00:00:00Z
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