Mystery River by Sanjana Kolli https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2019-02-26 13:46:56 UTC 2023-03-06 09:59:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Why are mussels disappearing in the Shawnee river? cmckinney14 https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335353851 2019-02-26 14:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335353851 Shawnee river map: https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335361343 2019-02-26 14:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335361343 Mussel https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335361431 2019-02-26 14:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335361431 https://www.uvm.edu/~pass/tignor/mussels/disappear.htm https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335362801 2019-02-26 14:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335362801 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20823440/ns/us_news-environment/t/pollutants-take-toll-freshwater-mussels/ https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335363712 2019-02-26 14:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335363712 Answer https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335364992 Our answer is the human activity including pollution. The lancer farm, which is close to the river has effect, because it could be creating poison, which kills weed. it could be getting in the water, which kills wildlife, which includes mussels. Also the overflow of water could push the mussels on to the land, where they can not survive.]]> 2019-02-26 14:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335364992 population information cmckinney14 https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335369775 2019-02-26 14:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335369775 skolli https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335382371 Chemicals from factories and garbage that is dumped into the streams and lakes can harm or even kill freshwater mussels. ]]> 2019-02-26 14:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335382371 skolli https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335384640 Over the years, millions of freshwater mussels were harvested for the button industry.]]> 2019-02-26 14:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335384640 Key for the population picture: cmckinney14 https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335386904 2019-02-26 14:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335386904 skolli https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335387941 Large shovels are used to remove the stream or lake bottom. If you are a freshwater mussel living on the stream or lake bottom you will be carried away along with the sand, gravel, and cobble and piled up on land. Freshwater mussels cannot survive on land.

]]> 2019-02-26 14:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335387941 cmckinney14 https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335388983  Because of the population, we have the result that the animals that live off the water, (otter, because they swim in it, and deer, because they drink off it) are also decreasing in this period.]]> 2019-02-26 14:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335388983 skolli https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335389932 Freshwater mussels may start disappearing from dinner plates as species increasingly become extinct or endangered by human activities, scientists say. North America has historically had a very diverse community of freshwater mussels, but populations have been on the decline for the past few decades

]]> 2019-02-26 14:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335389932 skolli https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335392575 Humans are primarily responsible for the disappearance of mussels through water pollution and changes to their physical habitat wrought by the construction of dams, dredging and the introduction of exotic species.]]> 2019-02-26 14:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335392575 Conclusion cmckinney14 https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335410174 That is it for our presintation! We are persuaded that the answer to the problem is the human activity, which includes pollution. Have a great day, and remember, DONT KILL THE MUSSELS!!!!!!!]]> 2019-02-26 15:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335410174 Introduction https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335411320 Hello! We are the the sister solvers and we are here to figure out why or what has caused the disappearing mussels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]> 2019-02-26 15:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/skolli/gtxdwltapl9/wish/335411320