Molecular identity crisis: environmental DNA metabarcoding meets traditional taxonomy—assessing biodiversity and freshwater mussel populations (Unionidae) in Alabama [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess aquatic biodiversity is a growing field with great potential for monitoring and managing threatened species, like freshwater mussel (Unionidae) populations. Freshwater mussels are globally imperiled and serve
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Catchment prioritization for freshwater mussel conservation in the Northeastern United States based on distribution modelling. [PDF]
PLoS ONEFreshwater mussels are critical to the health of freshwater systems, but their populations are declining dramatically throughout the world. The limited resources available for freshwater mussel conservation necessitates the geographic prioritization of ...
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Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Freshwater mussels provide important functions and services for aquatic ecosystems, but populations of many species have been extirpated. Information on biodiversity plays an important role in the conservation and management of freshwater mussels.
Xiongjun Liu, Xiao-Ping Wu, Rui-Wen Wu
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Monitoring for freshwater mussel presence in rivers using environmental DNA
Environmental DNA, 2021 In 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) updated its national recommended water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life from the toxic effects of ammonia in freshwaters.
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Assessing suitable habitat for freshwater mussel reintroductions using 3D-printed subadult replicates [PDF]
Scientific ReportsReintroduction of native freshwater mussels following aquatic habitat restoration is an increasingly used conservation practice to establish self-sustaining populations. Despite the common use of hatchery-grown subadult mussels (
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PacBio Hi-Fi genome assembly of the Iberian dolphin freshwater mussel Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793 [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2023 Mussels of order Unionida are a group of strictly freshwater bivalves with nearly 1,000 described species widely dispersed across world freshwater ecosystems.
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In vitro culture media type impacts gene expression in the freshwater mussel Lampsilis siliquoidea (Bivalvia: Unionidae) [PDF]
HereditasArtificial propagation is an important conservation technique to mitigate the loss of native freshwater mussel diversity. In vitro propagation is an alternative method of metamorphosing freshwater mussel larvae (glochidia) to juveniles without a host ...
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Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities [PDF]
Global Change Biology, 2023 Musa C Mlambo +2 more
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Declines in freshwater mussel density, size and productivity in the River Thames over the past half century [PDF]
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023 David C. Aldridge, Isobel Ollard
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Diversity, 2021 Spatial hierarchical approaches to classify freshwater systems can add to our understanding of biogeographical patterns and can be used for biodiversity conservation planning.
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