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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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Toward invasive mussel genetic biocontrol: Approaches, challenges, and perspectives

iScience, 2023
Summary: Invasive freshwater mussels, such as the zebra (Dreissena polymorpha), quagga (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis), and golden (Limnoperna fortunei) mussel have spread outside their native ranges throughout many regions of the North American, South
Víctor H. Hernández Elizárraga, Scott Ballantyne, Lindsey G. O'Brien, Juliana A. Americo, Steven T. Suhr, Marie-Claude Senut, Ben Minerich, Christopher M. Merkes, Thea M. Edwards, Katy Klymus, Catherine A. Richter, Diane L. Waller, Yale J. Passamaneck, Mauro F. Rebelo, Daryl M. Gohl   +14 more
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Comparative analysis of gut microbiota diversity in endangered, economical, and common freshwater mussels using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Freshwater mussels are both among the most diverse and endangered faunas worldwide. The gut microbiota of species plays a key role in nutrition and immunity, such as preventing it from pathogen invasion, synthesizing beneficial secondary metabolites, and
Xiongjun Liu, Yanling Cao, Shan Ouyang, Xiaoping Wu   +3 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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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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Declining freshwater mussel diversity in the middle and lower reaches of the Xin River Basin: Threat and conservation

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.
Weiwei Sun, Xiongjun Liu, Ruiwen Wu, Weikai Wang, Yanli Wu, Shan Ouyang, Xiaoping Wu   +6 more
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Salinity and pH effects on survival, growth, and reproduction of quagga mussels [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background In recent decades, invasive quagga mussels have expanded to the Western United States from the Great Lakes region of North America. Most studies that evaluate the invasion potential of quagga mussels in western water bodies have utilized ...
Carina Seitz, Facundo Scordo, Erin Suenaga, Emily M. Carlson, Shaye McMillen, Logan Gregory, Sudeep Chandra   +6 more
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Seasonally resolved growth of freshwater bivalves determined by oxygen and carbon isotope shell chemistry [PDF]

, 2010
By means of a monitoring experiment in two rivers in the Netherlands, we establish a relationship between seasonally resolved growth rates in unionid freshwater bivalves and their environment.
Dick Kroon, Kroon, Dick, Versteegh, E.A.A., Troelstra, S R, Ron J. G. Kaandorp, Vonhof, H B, Versteegh, Emma A. A., Simon R. Troelstra, Troelstra, Simon R., Kaandorp, R J G, Hubert B. Vonhof, Troelstra, S.R., Kroon, D., Vonhof, Hubert B., Vonhof, H.B., Kaandorp, Ron J. G., Kaandorp, R.J.G., Emma A. A. Versteegh, Kroon, D   +18 more
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Multiple paternity promotes genetic diversity in captive breeding of a freshwater mussel

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019
Captive breeding can be an important supplement to habitat restoration in the conservation of threatened species. Careful choice of breeding regimes and genetic monitoring are essential to maintain genetic integrity and genetic diversity of target ...
Sebastian Wacker, Bjørn Mejdell Larsen, Per Jakobsen, Sten Karlsson   +3 more
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Freshwater mussels house a diverse mussel-associated leech assemblage. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 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.
Bolotov IN, Klass AL, Kondakov AV, Vikhrev IV, Bespalaya YV, Gofarov MY, Filippov BY, Bogan AE, Lopes-Lima M, Lunn Z, Chan N, Aksenova OV, Dvoryankin GA, Chapurina YE, Kim SK, Kolosova YS, Konopleva ES, Lee JH, Makhrov AA, Palatov DM, Sayenko EM, Spitsyn VM, Sokolova SE, Tomilova AA, Win T, Zubrii NA, Vinarski MV.   +26 more
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