Identification - Internet Sites

To access the following sites, click on the blue Internet addresses below. Please note that the sites will open in a new browser window.

http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators
Mussels (and Clams).
Description: Includes the larger pearly naiad mussels, as well as the small fingernail clams, and the European clam (Corbicula). Fingernail clams are small (no more than 1/2 in. in diameter), fragile, and are whitish or grayish in color.

http://www.wes.army.mil/el/zebra/
Zebra Mussel Research Program.
The Zebra Mussel Research Program (ZMRP) was authorized by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990, Public Law 101-646, and is the only federally authorized research program for the development of technology to control zebra mussels.