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    Due to the excessive use of mussels in the button industry, the number of California mussels has decreased more than 50%. One way to conserve the species is to stop the decease of fish populations. The feeding process of the California mussel has to go through a fish before it can reach the mussel.

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    Due to the excessive use of mussels in the button industry, the number of California mussels has decreased more than 50%. One way to conserve the species is to stop the decease of fish populations. The feeding process of the California mussel has to go through a fish before it can reach the mussel.

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    Due to the excessive use of mussels in the button industry, the number of California mussels has decreased more than 50%. One way to conserve the species is to stop the decease of fish populations. The feeding process of the California mussel has to go through a fish before it can reach the mussel.

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    CaliforniaMussel

    MytilusCalifornius

    Status
    :Endangered
    ConservationEfforts
    :Duetotheexcessiveuseofmusselsinthebuttonindustry,thenumberof
    Californiamusselhasdecreasedmorethan50%.TheNatureConservancyexplainshowoneway
    toconservethespeciesistostopthedeceaseoffishpopulations,becausethefeedingprocessof
    theCaliforniamusselhastogothroughafishbeforeitcanreachthemussel.
    PhysicalDescription
    :Californiamusselsoutershellhasarigidtextureandiscoveredina
    varietyofmetalliclikecolors.Themolluscisovalshapedwithapointed,whitebottomhasa
    darkblueundertonewithspecsoforangeandlightblue.Musselsareinvertebrates,whichmean
    theydontposses
    avertebralcolumn.
    Ithastwoshellsoneachsideconnectedatthetipandsides
    thatprotectitsinternalorgans.
    Behavior
    :WhenCaliforniamusselsarentcompetingforfood,theyareveryvaluabletothe
    freshwatersystem.Theyfilterandcleanourwatersby
    absorbingparasites.Theyalso
    produce
    compostlikematerialthatisvaluabletothehealthofstreamanimals.
    RangeandHabitat
    :Californiamusselsaretypicallyfoundclingingtothelowerpartsofrocky
    shoresinwaveexposedareas.Togetherinlargegroups,theycoverlargeareasofrocknextto
    clustersofbarnacles,whomtheyhaveasymbioticrelationshipwith.AlthoughCaliforniaisin
    thenameoftheorganism,theyvebeenspottedalongcoastsfromBajaCaliforniaallthewayto
    Alaska.
    DietandFeedingType
    :Musselsconsumelivingplanktonfromtheseawaterandfragmentsof
    deadorganisms,whichmakesthemfilterfeeders.Theyalsocompetewiththeirneighbors,
    barnacles,forthefoodtheyfind.Californiamusselsonlyfeedintemperaturesaslowas7
    Cand
    ashighas28C.
    FunFact
    :AlthoughtheCaliforniamusselwasnamedin1837byascientistnamedConrad,
    manyindigenouspeopleusedmusselsaswell.Coastalnativeswouldusemusselsasfood,tools
    andjewlery.

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