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Effect of complex hydraulic variables and physicochemical factors on freshwater mussel density in the largest floodplain lake, China

Ecological Processes, 2023
Background Habitat degradation and flow regime alterations are two of the most prominent and common impact factors to freshwater mussel populations. Knowledge of the correlation between freshwater mussel distribution, density and habitat characteristics ...
Chenchen Jia, Chenhuizi Wu, Xiaochen Huang, Chunhua Zhou, Shan Ouyang, Xiongjun Liu, Xiaoping Wu   +6 more
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One informs the other: Unionid species at risk and benthic macroinvertebrate community monitoring data are complementary

FACETS, 2023
Benthic macroinvertebrate communities, which include unionid freshwater mussels, enhance the health of river ecosystems. Human impacts have driven declines within freshwater mussel communities and due to their complex life cycles, mussel recovery efforts
Roland A. Eveleens, Todd J. Morris, Daelyn A. Woolnough, Catherine M. Febria   +3 more
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Attachment of zebra and quagga mussel adhesive plaques to diverse substrates

Scientific Reports, 2021
Like marine mussels, freshwater zebra and quagga mussels adhere via the byssus, a proteinaceous attachment apparatus. Attachment to various surfaces allows these invasive mussels to rapidly spread, however the adhesion mechanism is not fully understood ...
Bryan D. James, Kenneth M. Kimmins, Minh-Tam Nguyen, Alexander J. Lausch, Eli D. Sone   +4 more
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Fish and mussels: Importance of fish for freshwater mussel conservation [PDF]

Fish and Fisheries, 2017
AbstractCo‐extinctions are increasingly recognized as one of the major processes leading to the global biodiversity crisis, but there is still limited scientific evidence on the magnitude of potential impacts and causal mechanisms responsible for the decline of affiliate (dependent) species.
Vanessa Modesto, Martina Ilarri, Allan T Souza, Manuel Lopes‐Lima, Karel Douda, Miguel Clavero, Ronaldo Sousa   +6 more
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Lipid Profile of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera Inhabiting Different Biotopes of the Lake-River System of the Kem River, White Sea Basin

Diversity, 2023
The freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera is considered to be the most rapidly declining species of freshwater bivalve, whereas its colonies in rivers of the White Sea Basin remain the most numerous in the world.
Svetlana N. Pekkoeva, Viktor P. Voronin, Evgeny P. Ieshko, Natalia N. Fokina, Denis A. Efremov, Svetlana A. Murzina   +5 more
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Amazonian freshwater mussel density: A useful indicator of macroinvertebrate assemblage and habitat quality

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Mussels have important ecological functions in freshwater ecosystems, but populations are declining in many rivers worldwide. In the Amazon, which is undergoing widespread human-mediated alterations, information on mussel ecology is lacking.
Diego Simeone, Claudia Helena Tagliaro, Colin Robert Beasley   +2 more
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Multiresistant Bacteria: Invisible Enemies of Freshwater Mussels [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Freshwater mussels are among the most endangered groups of fauna anywhere in world. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of resistant strains. These antibiotic-resistant bacteria play a key role in increasing the risk allied with the use of surface water and in spread of resistance genes.
Maria José Saavedra, Conceição Fernandes, Amílcar Teixeira, Xana Álvarez, Simone Varandas   +4 more
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Sixty years of species diversity and population density decline of freshwater mussels in a global biodiversity hotspot

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
The worldwide decline in freshwater biodiversity due to rising anthropogenic pressures is of growing concern. Much evidence reveals that biodiversity loss and taxonomic homogenization results in loss of ecosystem functions.
Xiongjun Liu, Noé Ferreira-Rodríguez, Ruiwen Wu, Shan Ouyang, Xiaoping Wu   +4 more
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Phylogenetic Assessment of Freshwater Mussels Castalia ambigua and C. inflata at an Ecotone in the Paraguay River Basin, Brazil Shows That Inflated and Compressed Shell Morphotypes Are the Same Species

Diversity, 2020
The phylogeny and taxonomy of freshwater mussels of the genus Castalia in South America is complicated by issues of morphological plasticity and limited molecular genetic data.
Miluska Olivera-Hyde, Eric Hallerman, Rogério Santos, Jess Jones, Brianne Varnerin, Guilherme da Cruz Santos Neto, Maria Cristina Mansur, Priscilla Moraleco, Claudia Callil   +8 more
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Taxonomic Reassessment of Freshwater Mussels from the Western Balkans Reveals an Overlooked but Critical Refugium and Defines Conservation Priorities

Diversity, 2022
Freshwater mussels are an endangered group of animals, especially in the water bodies of Central and Western Europe. Conservation priorities were established for many endangered freshwater mussel species in the last decade. Here, we present new data on a
Artem A. Lyubas, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alena A. Tomilova, Mikhail Yu. Gofarov, Tatyana A. Eliseeva, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Olesya A. Yunitsyna, Vladimir Pešić, Ivan N. Bolotov   +9 more
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