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Freshwater Clams (Corbicula fulminea)
for Testing Water

R. Atwill, Veterinary Medicine Extension, VMTRC; Tamara Rose, University of California, Davis
This study is aimed at developing the basic science for utilizing the filter feeding behavior of Corbicula, a ubiquitous freshwater clam, as a biological assay for testing water for C. parvum oocysts and G. duodenalis cysts.




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