Visiting student Frank Collas's dreissenid mussel project

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In 2014, a visiting graduate student did a research project at the Field Station. Frank Collas, from the Netherlands, did research on dreissenid mussel attachment to different surfaces.

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Josh Fisher and Frank Collas collecting mussels attached to structures in the Black Rock Canal.

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Josh Fisher and Frank Collas collecting mussels attached to structures in the Black Rock Canal.

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Josh Fisher, Dr. Knut Mehler, and Frank Collas collecting mussels attached to structures in the Black Rock Canal.

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Josh Fisher, Dr. Knut Mehler, and Frank Collas collecting mussels attached to structures in the Black Rock Canal.

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Mussels collected from the Black Rock Canal.

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Zebra and quagga mussels for the experiment.

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Mussels isolated for the experiment.

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Mussel attachment experiment.

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Frank Collas, Dr. Lyuba Burlakova, and Susan Daniel in the lab.