Ohio River Dry-Up Kills Mussels, Snails

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VIENNA - Freezing temperatures and low water in the Ohio River above the barge-battered Belleville Lock and Dam complex are having deadly consequences for the river's slow-moving bottom dwellers, like mussels, crawfish and snails.

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Ohio River Dry-Up Kills Mussels, Snails

On Wednesday, a group of 20 biologists set out in eight boats and began surveying the 33-mile-long Belleville navigation pool to assess the problem. Beached but still-living mussels, crawfish and snail...

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