8 Aug 2013

Our Changing World - Shellfish physiology

From Afternoons, 3:30 pm on 8 August 2013

How many times a minute does the heart of a green-lipped mussel beat, and how do you measure it? Norman Ragg is a physiologist working with shellfish at the Cawthron Institute. Alison Ballance joins him at the Cawthron Aquaculture Centre to find out how - and why - he puts mussels through a cardiac workout.