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Using a multi‐model ensemble approach to determine biodiversity hotspots with limited occurrence data in understudied areas: An example using freshwater mussels in México

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Species distribution models (SDMs) are an increasingly important tool for conservation particularly for difficult‐to‐study locations and with understudied fauna.
Alexander H. Kiser, Kevin S. Cummings, Jeremy S. Tiemann, Chase H. Smith, Nathan A. Johnson, Roel R. Lopez, Charles R. Randklev   +6 more
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A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe

Conservation Biology, 2022
Abstract Europe has a long history of human pressure on freshwater ecosystems. As pressure continues to grow and new threats emerge, there is an urgent need for conservation of freshwater biodiversity and its ecosystem services. However, whilst some taxonomic groups, mainly vertebrates, have received a disproportionate amount of ...
Ronaldo Sousa, Tadeusz Zając, Dariusz Halabowski, Olga V. Aksenova, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Francisco Carvalho, Paulo Castro, Karel Douda, Janine P. da Silva, Noé Ferreira‐Rodríguez, Juergen Geist, Clemens Gumpinger, Anna M. Labecka, Jasna Lajtner, Iga Lewin, Manuel Lopes‐Lima, Alexandra Meira, Keiko Nakamura, Joana Garrido Nogueira, Paz Ondina, Małgorzata Ożgo, Joaquim Reis, Nicoletta Riccardi, Spase Shumka, Mikhail O. Son, Amílcar Teixeira, Frankie Thielen, Maria Urbańska, Simone Varandas, Niklas Wengström, Katarzyna Zając, Alexandra Zieritz, David C. Aldridge   +32 more
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Viruses of Freshwater Mussels during Mass Mortality Events in Oregon and Washington, USA

Viruses, 2023
Freshwater mussels (Unionida) are globally imperiled, in part due to largely unexplained mass mortality events (MMEs). While recent studies have begun to investigate the possibility that mussel MMEs in the Eastern USA may be caused by infectious diseases,
Jordan C. Richard, Emilie Blevins, Christopher D. Dunn, Eric M. Leis, Tony L. Goldberg   +4 more
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Metabarcoding assays for the detection of freshwater mussels (Unionida) with environmental DNA

Environmental DNA, 2021
Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida are a widely distributed taxon that are important in maintaining freshwater ecosystems and are also highly imperiled throughout the world.
Katy E. Klymus, Catherine A. Richter, Nathan Thompson, Jo Ellen Hinck, Jess W. Jones   +4 more
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Freshwater mussels house a diverse mussel-associated leech assemblage [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2019
AbstractFreshwater mussels (Unionida) are one of the most imperiled animal groups worldwide, revealing the fastest rates of extinction. Habitat degradation, river pollution and climate change are the primary causes of global decline. However, biological threats for freshwater mussels are still poorly known.
Ivan N. Bolotov, Anna L. Klass, Alexander V. Kondakov, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Mikhail Yu Gofarov, Boris Yu Filippov, Arthur E. Bogan, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Olga V. Aksenova, Gennady A. Dvoryankin, Yulia E. Chapurina, Sang Ki Kim, Yulia S. Kolosova, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Jin Hee Lee, Alexander A. Makhrov, Dmitry M. Palatov, Elena M. Sayenko, Vitaly M. Spitsyn, Svetlana E. Sokolova, Alena A. Tomilova, Than Win, Natalia A. Zubrii, Maxim V. Vinarski   +26 more
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Glutathione dependent enzyme activities in the foot of three freshwater mussel species in the Sava river, Serbia [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2007
We investigated activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione reductase (GR), and the phase II biotransformation enzyme glutathione-S-transferase (GST) in the foot of three freshwater mussel species: Unio pictorum (Up), Unio tumidus (Ut ...
Perendija Branka R., Borković Slavica S., Kovačević Tijana B., Pavlović S.Z., Stojanović Bojana D., Paunović M.M., Cakić P.D., Radojičić R.M., Pajović Snežana B., Saičić Zorica S.   +9 more
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Comparisons of Twelve Freshwater Mussel Bed Assemblages Quantitatively Sampled at a 15-year Interval in the Buffalo National River, Arkansas, USA

Ecologies, 2023
Historically, 23 freshwater mussel species have been documented from the Buffalo National River (BNR), a 246 km, free-flowing river in northern Arkansas.
Anna M. Pieri, John L. Harris, Mickey W. Matthews, Shawn W. Hodges, Ashley R. Rodman, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Alan D. Christian   +6 more
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Characterizing the Gut Microbial Communities of Native and Invasive Freshwater Bivalves after Long-Term Sample Preservation

Microorganisms, 2023
Freshwater mussels are important indicators of the overall health of their environment but have suffered declines that have been attributed to factors such as habitat degradation, a loss of fish hosts, climate change, and excessive nutrient inputs.
Stephanie N. Vaughn, Carla L. Atkinson, Paul D. Johnson, Colin R. Jackson   +3 more
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The gut microbiome of freshwater Unionidae mussels is determined by host species and is selectively retained from filtered seston.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Freshwater mussels are a species-rich group of aquatic invertebrates that are among the most endangered groups of fauna worldwide. As filter-feeders that are constantly exposed to new microbial inoculants, mussels represent an ideal system to investigate
Eric A Weingarten, Carla L Atkinson, Colin R Jackson   +2 more
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Experimental evidence of chemical attraction in the mutualistic zebra mussel-killer shrimp system [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Invasion facilitation, whereby one species has a positive effect on the establishment of another species, could help explain the rapid colonisation shown by some freshwater invasive species, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
Matteo Rolla, Sofia Consuegra, Eleanor Carrington, David J. Hall, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz   +4 more
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