Life History, fish hosts, population demography
- Periodic growth and growth cessations in the federally endangered freshwater mussel Cumberlandian combshell using a hierarchical Bayesian approach
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- Freshwater Mussels of Virginia (Bivalvia: Unionidae): An Introduction to Their Life History, Status and Conservation
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- A hierarchical Bayesian approach for estimating freshwater mussel
growth based on tag-recapture data
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- Popuplation performance criteria to evaluate reintroduction and recovery of tho endangered mussel species, Epioblasma Brevidens and Epioblasma capsaeformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Influence of life-history variation on demographic responses of three freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Clinch River, USA
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- Life History and Demographics of the Endangered Birdwing Pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus) (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Models and model selection uncertainty in estimating growth rates of endangered freshwater mussel populations
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- Life history and propagation
of the endangered dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas)
(Bivalvia:Unionidae)
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- Life history and propagation
of the endangered fanshell pearlymussel Cyprogenia stegaria,
Rafinesque (Bivalvia:Unionidae)
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- Behavioral responses of glochidia of freshwater mussels(Bivalvia: Unionidae) to chemical cues of fish
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- Life history and population
biology of the endangered tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri)
(Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Evaluation of techniques for age
determination of freshwater mussels(Unionidae)
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- Life history and habitat of the
endangered dwarf wedgemussel Alasmidonta heterodon (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Life history of the endangered
James spinymussel Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) (Mollusca: Unionidae)
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- Muskrat predation on endangered freshwater mussels in Virginia
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- Occurrence of glochidia in stream drift and on fishes of the Upper North Fork Holston River, Virginia
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- Habitat ecology of juvenile freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in a headwater stream in Virginia
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- An evaluation of host fish suitability for Glochidia of Villosa vanuxemi and V. nebulosa (Pelecypoda: Unionidae)
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- Reproductive cycle and fish host of the rabbit's foot mussel, Quadrula cylindrica strigillata ( Mollusca: Unionidae) in the Upper Tennessee River drainage
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- Identification of a host fish for Alasmidonta minor (Mollusca: Unionidae)
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- Fish hosts of four species of lampsiline mussels (Mollusca: Unionidae) in Big Moccasin Creek, Virginia
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Population surveys and assessments
- Freshwater Mussel (Unionidae) Abundance and Diversity Upstream and
Downstream of a Superfund Site on the North Fork Holston River, Saltville,
Virginia
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- Clinch River freshwater mussels upstream of Norris Reservoir, Tennessee and Virginia: A quantitative assessment from 2004 to 2009
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- Status of native freshwater mussels in Middle Fork Holston River, Virginia
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- Status of native freshwater mussels in Copper Creek, Virginia
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- Freshwater mussel status: Upper North Fork
Holston River, Virginia
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- A status survey of freshwater mussel populations
in the upper Clinch River, Tazewell County, Virginia
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- A survey of freshwater mussels in the
Middle Fork Holston River, Virginia
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- Survey of the freshwater mussel fauna of the Powell River, Va
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- Brief communications: test of telemetry techniques on freshwater mussels
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- Freshwarter mussels(Unionidae) of Big Moccasin Creek, Southwestern Va
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- A review of the mussel fauna of the New River
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Anatomy and Physiology
- Anatomical descriptions
and comparison of the reproductive tracts of Utterbackia imbecillis and Villosa iris (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- An evaluation of air and water transport of
freshwater mussels(Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Comparison of oxygen consumption in freshwater
mussels (Unionidae) from different habitats during declining dissolved oxygen concentration
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- Evidence of immunological
responses by a host fish (Ambloplites rupestris) and two non-host fishes
(Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus) to Glochidia of a freswater mussel
(Villosa iris)
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- Glycogen concentration in the mantle tissue of freshwater
mussels(Bivalvia: Unionidae) during starvation and controlled feeding
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- Effects of quarantine times on glycogen
levels of native freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) previously infested with zebra mussels
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- Reproductive biology and fish hosts of the Tennessee clubshell Pleurobema oviforme (Mollusca: Unionidae) in Virginia
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Propagation and Culture
- Performance of a Recirculating Aquaculture System Utilizing an Algal Turf Scrubber for Scaled-Up Captive Rearing of Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Effects of algal density, water flow and substrate type on culturing
juveniles of the rainbow mussel (Villosa iris) (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
in a laboratory recirculating system
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- Determining optimum temperature for growth and survival of laboratory-propagated juvenile freshwater mussels
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- Clearance rates of Villosa iris(Bivalvia: Unionidae) fed different rations of the alga Neochloris oleoabundans
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- An evaluation of selective feeding by three age-groups of the rainbow mussel Villosa
iris
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- Biochemical composition of three algal species proposed as food for captive freshwater mussels
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- Captive survival and pearl culture potential of the pink heelsplitter Potamilus alatus
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- Determining a suitable substrate size and sampling frequency for rearing juvenile rainbow mussels Villosa iris
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- Seasonal growth and mortality of juveniles of Lampsilis fasciola (Bivalvia:Unionidae) released to a fish hatchery
raceway
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- Factors affecting survival and
growth of juvenile freshwater mussels cultured in recirculating aquaculture systems
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- Propagation of endangered freshwater mussels
in North America
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- Control of predacious flatworms Macrostomum sp. in culturing juvenile freshwater
mussels
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- Design and evaluation of recirculating water systems for maintenance and propagation of freshwater
mussels
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- Biological feasibility of
freshwater mussel and pearl culture in Gulf Coast states
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- Growth and survival of juvenile rainbow mussels, Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) (Bivalvia: Unionidae), reared on algal diets and sediment
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- Influence of sediment and algal food on cultured
juvenile freshwater mussels
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Population Genetics
- Phylogenetic and taxonomic assessment
of the endangered Cumberland bean,
Villosa trabalis and purple bean, Villosa
perpurpurea (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Endangered Rough Pigtoe Pearlymussel: Assessment of
Phylogenetic Status and Genetic Differentiation of Two
Disjunct Populations
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- Historical demography of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae): genetic evidence for population expansion and contraction during the late Pleistocene and Holocene
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- Homogeneity at nuclear microsatellite loci masks mitochondrial haplotype diversity in the endangered fanshell pearlymussel(Cyprogenia stegaria)
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- Descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of freshwater mussels, Epioblasma ahlstedti and Epioblasma florentina aureola (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in the Tennessee River drainage, USA
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- Genetic management guidelines for
captive propagation of freshwater mussels (Unionoidea)
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- Non-invasive method to obtain DNA from
freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae)
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- A holistic approach to taxonomic
evaluation of two closely related endangered freshwater mussel species, the oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis and tan riffleshell Epioblasma florentina walkeri (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Patterns of genetic differentiation and
conservation of the slabside pearlymussel, Lexingtonia dolabelloides(Lea, 1840) in the
Tennessee River drainage
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- Development and characterization
of microsatellite loci in the endanagered oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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Contaminants
- Spatial and temporal relationships among watershed mining, water
quality, and freshwater mussel status in an eastern USA river
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- Effects of environmentally relevant mixtures of major ions on a
freshwater mussel
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- Effects of Coal Particles in Aquatic Sediments on Organ Tissues of Rainbow
Mussels Villosa iris (Unionidae)
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- Freshwater mussel population status and habitat quality in the Clinch River, Virginia and Tennessee, USA: A featured collection
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- Water and sediment quality in the Clinch River, Virginia and Tennessee, USA, over nearly five decades
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- Differential exposure,
duration, and sensitivity of unionoidean
bivalve life stages to environmental contaminants
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- Case study: sensitivity of mussel
glochidia and regulatory test organisms to mercury
and a reference toxicant
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- Chlorine toxicity to early
life stages of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Contaminant sensitivity of freshwater mussels: acute toxicity of copper, ammonia, and chlorine to glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
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- Contaminant sensitivity of freshwater mussels:
chronic toxicity of copper and ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
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- Contaminant sensitivity of freshwater mussels:intra- and interlaboratory variability
in acute toxicity test with glochidia and juveniles of freshwater Mussels (Unionidae)
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- Freshwater mussel shells as environmental
chronicles: geochemical and taphonomic signatures of mercury-related extirpations in the
North Folk Holston River, Virginia
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- Use of bivalve metrics to quantify influences
of coal-related activites in the Clinch River watershed, Virginia
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- Acute and chronic toxicity of
mercury to early life stages of the rainbow mussel, Villosa iris (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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- Effects of wastewater treatment
plant effluents on freshwater mollusks in the upper Clinch River, Virginia, USA
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- Sensitivity of juvenile freshwater
mussels (Lampsilis fasciola, Villosa iris) to total and un-ionized ammonia
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- Use of neutral red to assess survival of juvenile freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in bioassays
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Population Restoration
- Restoring the endangered oyster mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis) to the upper Clinch River, Virginia: an
evaluation of population restoration techniques
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- Use of PIT tags to assess individual heterogeneity of laboratory-reared juveniles of the endangered Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens) in a mark–recapture study
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- Recovery status of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae)
in North Fork Holston River, Virginia
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- A protocol for the salvage and
quarantine of unionid mussels from zebra mussel-infested waters
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- National Strategy for the conservation
of native freshwater mussels
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- Conservation status of freshwater
mussels of the United States and Canada
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- Fate of freshwater mussels transplanted
to formerly polluted reaches of the Clinch and North Fork Holston Rivers, Virginia
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- Competitive interactions between early
life states of Villosa iris (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and adult Asian clams
(Corbicula fluminea)
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- Conservation and commerce: management of
freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) resources in the United States
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- Conservation of North
America’s freshwater mussel fauna (Unionoidea) from the threat posed by the
exotic zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
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- Impending extinctions of North American
freshwater mussels (Unionoida) following the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion
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- Feeding interactions between native
freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae) and zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)
in the Ohio River
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- Status of aquatic mollusks
in the southeastern United States: a downward spiral of diversity
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- Freshwater mussels: A neglected and declining aquatic resource
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