Abstract
Abstract The common mussel is identified as the organism most important in the fouling of sea-water conduits and most difficult to control. Relevant features of its construction, living habits, rates of propagation and growth, and methods of locomotion and self-protection are described. While very young organisms, in general, are less resistant to unfavorable conditions than the mature of their respective kinds, and the mussel is probably no exception; in the case of the young mussel very high resistance is found very shortly after the permanent shell takes complete formation. Chlorination tests on mussels at Kure Beach, N. C., are described and results quoted.
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