Dry rivers kill rare mussels
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The mussel beds on the river Ehen in the Lake District, which flows out of Ennerdale Water, are thought to contain more than 100,000 of the molluscs, which are now exceptionally rare, but earlier this month they were significantly affected by lack of water in the river.
The invertebrate conservation trust, Buglife, says that up to 90 per cent of the mussels in the area were killed.
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