Table 2. Medians and ranges of morphometrics and ages of mussels collected at six sites in Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks and Preserves during 2015 and 2016 (n = 10 mussels per site per year).
| Length (mm) | Width (mm) | Height (mm) | Weight (g) | Age (years) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park | Site | Year | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range |
| Katmai | Takli | 2015 | 41.81 | 22.27-56.28 | 21.63 | 19.98–25.81 | 16.93 | 15.05–20.74 | 6.15 | 4.48–11.34 | 6 | 5–10 |
| 2016 | 41.72 | 33.36–44.92 | 19.29 | 17.09–22.83 | 16.01 | 13.47–18.70 | 5.91 | 3.99–9.19 | 7 | 5–9 | ||
| Kukak | 2015 | 38.73 | 29.91–48.79 | 19.75 | 15.90–24.03 | 15.51 | 12.03–18.74 | 4.08 | 1.68–7.78 | 6.5 | 4–8 | |
| 2016 | 34.69 | 30.76–44.22 | 18.06 | 16.18–21.01 | 13.56 | 11.32–16.26 | 4.05 | 2.24–7.36 | 7 | 6–11 | ||
| Kaflia | 2015 | 48.94 | 44.20–57.96 | 23.39 | 21.17–26.36 | 19.47 | 17.09–22.82 | 8.11 | 6.56–13.91 | 9 | 7–12 | |
| 2016 | 37.24 | 30.67–45.80 | 17.12 | 15.97–19.87 | 14.11 | 12.16–17.45 | 4.28 | 2.11–7.65 | 7 | 5–10 | ||
| Lake Clark | Fossil Point | 2015 | 60.26 | 41.14–78.55 | 25.94 | 20.23–32.73 | 25.06 | 16.03–30.06 | 16.18 | 4.57–24.19 | 8 | 5–11 |
| 2016 | 54.73 | 42.11–63.74 | 24.99 | 23.13–29.44 | 22.51 | 18.66–25.90 | 10.53 | 5.90–19.12 | 9 | 6–12 | ||
| Silver Salmon | 2015 | 48.02 | 37.14–53.83 | 22.54 | 19.16–25.74 | 22.36 | 15.94–23.80 | 9.06 | 4.16–12.72 | 7 | 5–12 | |
| 2016 | 45.88 | 41.96–55.39 | 21.46 | 20.02–26.19 | 18.55 | 14.51–24.95 | 6.12 | 4.73–14.89 | 8 | 5–12 | ||
| Chinitna Bay | 2015 | 42.76 | 37.73–57.16 | 20.48 | 17.06–23.85 | 20.44 | 16.34–25.45 | 9.02 | 5.32–14.68 | 7 | 5–8 | |
| 2016 | 41.69 | 33.61–46.19 | 20.07 | 15.43–22.45 | 20.23 | 14.87–24.31 | 9.43 | 4.65–14.05 | 7.5 | 6–12 | ||