Andrew Vik
Tampa, FL.
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David:

I will try to find you some this weekend. I believe the localities mentioned
were on the East shore of Hillsborough Bay, at the Gannon and Big Bend power
stations. Correct me if I am wrong.

Why is it that the introduced mussel species always go straight for industrial
water intake conduits? We have 3 common mytilids in Hillsborough Bay, as well
as the false mussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata. Why don't they cause similar
fowling trouble?

Also, will Everclear pass for concentrated ethanol?

Yours, Andrew

David Campbell wrote:

> Once they turn up in Chinese restaurants, the DNA is not in very good
> condition.  Would anyone in the Gulf Coast region (Perna species have
> already invaded elsewhere) be interested in preserving a couple and mailing
> them up?  Putting the live clam into concentrated ethanol is the easiest
> approach.
>
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