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  • In large part, moving food along the alimentary tract is a matter of smooth muscle functioning, and Pavlov decided to investigate the byssus retractor, the smooth muscle that Mytilus edulis, the common mussel, uses to close its shell.

    MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010

  • Do you disagree with this as a matter of interest? on September 15, 2008 at 2: 39 pm | Reply Mytilus

    Wednesday Morning At Five O’Clock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • In addition, there is increased interest and success in the farming of Atlantic halibut, sea bass ( '' Dicentrachus labrax ''), turbot ( '' Psetta maxima ''), cod, and some other marine fish, and recently there has been a considerable increase in the production of abalone ( '' Haliotis rufuscens '') and blue mussel ( '' Mytilus edulis '').

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009

  • Cold-water species may decline in abundance along with some clams and crustaceans, while warm water polychaetes, blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), and other types of benthos may increase.

    Future change in processes and impacts on Arctic biota 2009

  • I sequenced the gene for one of the proteins used to make byssal threads by Mytilus edulis (the blue mussel) and showed a gradient of expression along the mussel foot.

    John Lundberg: Doctoral Dissertations In Haiku 2009

  • Ecological gradients and relative abundance of native (Mytilus trossulus) and invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) blue mussels in the California hybrid zone.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • Along the coast of California, the decline of the native bay mussel, Mytilus trossulus, was undetected until genetic assays revealed that a nonnative species, M. galloprovincialis, had displaced it from much of its range.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • Although there are few studies on the health impacts of musks on these organisms, recent studies demonstrate that they can inhibit efflux transporters of the mollusk Mytilus californianus.

    Synthetic musks 2008

  • Shoreline fauna species include the acorn barnacle Balanus improvisus, the common mussel Mytilus edulis, the coralline Electra crustukenta and thefreshwater snail Theodoxus fluviatilis.

    Kvarken Archipelago High Coast, Finland and Sweden 2008

  • The Mediterranean and Atlantic species of Mytilus have complementary habits; the Atlantic is in its prime in the spring and spawns in the summer; the Mediterranean is best in summer and spawns in winter.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

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