Monday, March 18, 2013

Sore Mussels? More Evidence Climate Change Is Dooming Ocean Bivalves

Sore Mussels? More Evidence Climate Change Is Dooming Ocean Bivalves: In 2010, researchers at the University of South Carolina found that the ranges of blue mussels had shifted 350 kilometers north as summer ocean temperatures rose. Along the southern portion of its range, intertidal populations of M. edulis have experienced catastrophic mortality directly associated with summer high temperatures. Over the past 50 years, a geographic [...]/p

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