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Jeronimo Silva

@clinchedmussels

PhD Student | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Stream habitat and biodiversity conservation and management. Currently working with freshwater mussels.

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Found this P. subtentus shell in a muskrat mound yesterday. Check out those conglutinates looking like some delicious black fly larvae! Great way to attract your fish host 😏

Found this P. subtentus shell in a muskrat mound yesterday. Check out those conglutinates looking like some delicious black fly larvae! Great way to attract your fish host 😏
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When the river gage shows 18,000 ft3/s at your study site after 3 weeks of nonstop rain, you look for alternative field work to keep your sanity! Thank god for labmates πŸ™Œ

When the river gage shows 18,000 ft3/s at your study site after 3 weeks of nonstop rain, you look for alternative field work to keep your sanity! Thank god for labmates πŸ™Œ
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Some freshwater mussels release their babies (called glochidia) in clumps (called conglutinates). The conglutinates are released in the water and mimic a prey item of a host fish. If you look really close you will see the tiny glochidia inside the conglutinate! Nature is awesome!

Some freshwater mussels release their babies (called glochidia) in clumps (called conglutinates). The conglutinates are released in the water and mimic a prey item of a host fish. If you look really close you will see the tiny glochidia inside the conglutinate! Nature is awesome!
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We're thrilled to share our latest publication, where we delve into pathological investigation and disease assessment in Pheasantshell. I'm incredibly proud of the fantastic teamwork that made this research possible! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

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In honor of spooky season, here is a super scary female Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens). I bet darters tell super scary stories about these river creatures! πŸŽƒπŸŸβ˜ οΈ

In honor of spooky season, here is a super scary female Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens). I bet darters tell super scary stories about these river creatures! πŸŽƒπŸŸβ˜ οΈ
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"Their natural habitat has been under attack through sediment running down into streams and filling in holes under rocks, as well as from people removing rocks or moving them to created dams or other unnatural river features." citizen-times.com/story/life/201…

"Their natural habitat has been under attack through sediment running down into streams and filling in holes under rocks, as well as from people removing rocks or moving them to created dams or other unnatural river features." 
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