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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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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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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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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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FIRST RECORD OF THREE LARVALTREMATODES, RHIPIDOCOTYLE CAMPANULA, PHYLLODISTOMUM SP. AND ECHINOSTOMA SP. (DIGENEA: BUCEPHALIDAE, GORGODERIDAE AND ECHINOSTOMATIDAE) INFECTING FRESHWATER MUSSEL NITIA TERETIUSCULA IN EGYPT [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2018
Unionidae is the most diverse family of freshwater bivalves; however, infectious diseases of these molluscs have received little attention. A total of 200 freshwater mussels from five species were collected monthly during the period of February 2016 to ...
REWAIDA ABDEL-GABER, MONA FOL
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Ecological causes and consequences of the formation of taxa with reduced adaptive potential as exemplified by freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera)

Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016
Freshwater pearl mussels live in rapid, cold rivers and streams, occupying the ecological niche that few of other bivalves fit. Therefore, these mussels are abundant in undisturbed habitats, and there is practically no struggle for existence in their ...
Alexander Makhrov, Ivan Bolotov, Valentina Artamonova   +2 more
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Can conservation targets for imperilled freshwater fishes and mussels be achieved by captive breeding and release programs? A systematic map protocol to determine available evidence

Environmental Evidence, 2019
Background Captive breeding programs are one of the many tools used by conservation practitioners as a means of conserving, supporting, and supplementing populations of imperilled species.
Lisa A. Donaldson, Trina Rytwinski, Jessica J. Taylor, Joseph R. Bennett, D. Andrew R. Drake, André Martel, Steven J. Cooke   +6 more
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A new tribe, genus, and species of freshwater mussel from the Changjiang River Basin in China (Bivalvia, Unionidae, Unioninae) [PDF]

Zoosystematics and Evolution
A new tribe, genus, and species of freshwater mussels, Globunionini Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu, tribe nov. and Globunio mirificus Chen, Dai, Huang & Wu, gen. et sp.
Yu-Ting Dai, Zhong-Guang Chen, Shan Ouyang, Xiao-Chen Huang, Xiao-Ping Wu   +4 more
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