Rawson mentioned in Philippine Star article on blue mussel research
Paul Rawson, a marine scientist at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Philippine Star article about blue mussel research conducted by Michael Rice, a professor at the University of Rhode Island. Blue mussels along the Brazilian and Colombian coasts of South America traversing the Panama Canal have reached coastal waters in the Pangasinan Coast by way of the tropical Eastern Pacific, according to the article. Rice said the blue mussels found in Pangasinan were identical to the shellfish in the Eastern Pacific. He issued this statement after Rawson conducted DNA tests on samples of blue mussels taken from Dagupan River, the article states.