BLOOD OF FRESH-WATER MUSSELS 
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Table 17 . — Specific gravity and pH values for the blood of fresh-water mussels exposed to the air 
IN AIR AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, 24° 
Scientific name 
Common name 
Hours of 
exposure 
Specific 
gravity 
pH 
Buckhorn.- _ 
4 
1. 0037 
7.7 
do 
24 
1. 0043 
7.9 
Niggerhead _ 
72 
1. 0036 
7.7 
Do 
72 
1. 0033 
7.9 
Do 
72 
1. 0060 
7.8 
Do 
72 
1. 0055 
7.7 
Do 
do -- - 
72 
1. 0035 
7.8 
Pig toe . 
4 
1. 0042 
7.9 
Do 
do __ 
4 
1. 0031 
7.7 
Do 
__do _ . 
24 
1. 0033 
7.8 
Do 
_ _ .do . 
72 
1. 0049 
8.0 
Do _ 
do 
72 
1. 0046 
7.9 
Three-ridge ... . . . ... . 
4 
1. 0021 
7.7 
Do 
do _ 
4 
1.0031 
7.8 
Do 
-.do_ . 
24 
1. 0019 
7.5 
Do 
do - 
48 
1.0029 
7.7 
Do 
do. 
48 
1. 0034 
7.7 
Do 
72 
1. 0046 
7.5 
72 
1. 0032 
7.9 
Pimple back 
4 
1. 0036 
7.7 
Do.-.r 
. do__ . 
4 
1. 0043 
7.7 
Do 
.. ..do 
24 
1.0040 
7.6 
4 
1. 0035 
7.8 
Megalonaias gigantea 
Washboard 
4 
1. 0041 
7.6 
Strophitus rugosus _ _ 
Squaw foot 
24 
1. 0025 
7.7 
River mucket 
4 
1. 0025 
7.7 
Do 
do 
24 
1. 0023 
7.7 
Lampsilis higginsii 
Higgins eye 
72 
1.0051 
7.7 
IN AIR, ON ICE 
Fusconaia ebena. 
Do 
Do 
Fusconaia undata 
Do.— 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Amblema costata 
Do 
Do 
Do. 
Amblema raripiicata.. 
Quadrula pustulosa.. 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do... 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Quadrula metanevra. 
Do.. 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
De 
Quadrula nodulata... 
Do 
Do 
Do.. 
Megalonaias gigantea 
Do... 
Do 
Obliquaria reflexa 
Do 
Do 
Proptera laevissima. . 
Actinonais carinata.. 
Do 
Niggerhead 
do 
do. 
Pig toe 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do.. 
Three-ridge 
do 
do 
do 
Blue point 
Pimple back... 
do 
do.. 
do.. 
do 
do 
do 
do.. 
do 
Monkey face 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do.. 
Warty-back. 
do.. 
do 
do.. 
Washboard.. 
do 
do 
Three-horned warty-back. 
do. 
do. 
Paper shell 
River mucket 
do 
24 
1.0057 
7.7 
72 
1. 0065 
7.6 
72 
1. 0076 
7.5 
4 
1.0043 
7.6 
24 
1. 0037 
7.5 
48 
1. 0047 
7.6 
72 
1. 0056 
7.7 
72 
1. 0077 
7.7 
72 
1.0079 
7.7 
4 
1.0041 
7.6 
24 
1. 0036 
7.6 
48 
1. 0046 
7.5 
72 
1. 0035 
7.7 
72 
1. 0055 
7.7 
4 
1. 0032 
7.8 
24 
1. 0034 
7.6 
48 
1.0022 
7.4 
72 
1.0045 
7.6 
72 
1. 0046 
7.6 
72 
1. 0068 
7.6 
72 
1.0085 
7.6 
72 
1. 0086 
7.8 
72 
1. 0088 
7.6 
72 
1. 0038 
7.7 
72 
1.0051 
7.7 
72 
1. 0051 
7.7 
72 
1. 0060 
7.6 
72 
1.0078 
7.7 
72 
1. 0085 
7.7 
72 
1. 0086 
7.5 
72 
1. 0089 
7.5 
72 
1. 0099 
7.8 
72 
1.0047 
7.7 
72 
1. 0071 
7.5 
72 
]. 0085 
72 
1. 0094 
4 
1. 0041 
7.6 
24 
1. 0025 
7.5 
48 
1. 0020 
7.5 
72 
1. 0033 
7.9 
72 
1. 0066 
7.7 
72 
1. 0088 
7.5 
72 
1. 0045 
7.8 
4 
1.0036 
7.8 
72 
1.0046 
7.7 
