In many cases, slight differences in position between still images were found to be due to the animals repositioning, or rotating around their
byssus, rather than "walking." Thus, a minimum distance of 1 mm was used as the threshold value for all translocation movements.
Gosline, "Mechanical design of mussel
byssus: material yield enhances attachment strength," Journal of Experimental Biology, vol.
These metabolites may act directly on the mussel inhibiting or stimulating
byssus emission.
"Many researchers have studied mussel glue before," Qin said, referring to the sticky substance that anchors
byssus threads to a surface.
In fact,
byssus is even stronger when facing chaotic forces; it can withstand impacts in a dynamic, sloshing environment that are up to nine times stronger than the strain of being pulled in one direction.
Whereas in the control group, normal
byssus production and attachment was noticed (Table 4).
However such an environment is conducive to the entrapment of sand particles by the
byssus threads of the horse mussels.
The scallop can cast off the
byssus at will, move, and soon produce another.
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BYSSUS DISC ADHESION.
Mussels, for instance, have
byssus threads that anchor them to the rock.
Mytilene aux beaux choeurs, indolemment couchee, Gonflera sous tes yeux ses voiles de
byssus, Et ses vierges viendront t'apporter leur jonchee De roses, de fenouil, d' iris et de crocus.
organic matter -- 9.2 Mytilus
byssus 1.8 <0.1 Lady crab %FRE %VOL Number of nonempty foreguts 352 Plant material 2.8 0.3 Hydrozoa 1.4 <0.1 Mollusca, unid.
