Changing Perspectives on Pearly Mussels, North America's Most Imperiled Animals

By David L. Strayer, J. Downing, W. Haag, T. King, J. Layzer, Teresa Newton, J. Nichols. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Upper thermal tolerances of early life stages of freshwater mussels (2010, background): “Management of freshwater mussel populations can be difficult because mussel populations can persist under conditions of negative growth and appear stable when they are not (Strayer et al. 2004).”
Using landscape ecology to understand and manage freshwater mussel populations (2008, background): “At this smaller scale, mussels often are aggregated into beds, where many or all of the species co-occur at densities 103 to 1003 higher than outside the bed (Strayer et al. 2004).”
Effects of substrate and hydrodynamic conditions on the formation of mussel beds in a large river (2006, background): “Unionids probably provide critical ecosystem functions such as particle processing, nutrient release, and sediment mixing, but these functions have not been thoroughly addressed (Strayer et al. 2004, Vaughn et al. 2004).”
Buckets of muckets: A compact system for rearing juvenile freshwater mussels (2006, background): “Freshwater mussels of the family Unionidae concern conservationists because many species are threatened with extinction (Strayer et al., 2004).”
Minho River tidal freshwater wetlands: threats to faunal biodiversity (2008, background): “Freshwater mussels are declining at unprecedented rates and are the core of several freshwater conservation studies done principally in North America (Lydeard et al. 2004, Strayer et al. 2004).”
Fouling of European freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) by the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) (2011, background): “…sediments; mussels are a potential prey for predators; Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001; Aldridge et al., 2007) and are among the most endangered groups of animals on the planet (i.e. their abundance and diversity have declined dramatically in the last decades; Lydeard et al., 2004; Strayer et al., 2004a).”
The functional role of native freshwater mussels in the fluvial benthic environment (2006, background): “As others have found in large-scale studies (Caraco et al., 1997; Strayer et al., 2004), seston concentrations may be”
Biodiversity Losses and Ecosystem Function in Freshwaters: Emerging Conclusions and Research Directions (2010, background): “Although they occur in most types of freshwater habitats, mussels are most abundant and diverse in medium to large rivers, where they typically occur as dense, multispecies assemblages called mussel beds (Strayer et al. 2004).”
Differential exposure, duration, and sensitivity of unionoidean bivalve life stages to environmental contaminants (2008, background): “…American mussels have been attributed to a wide array of human activities that cause pollution and water-quality degradation, and habitat destruction and alteration; however, the specific reasons for the declines, unless site specific and catastrophic, generally are unknown (Strayer et al. 2004).”
Complex hydraulic and substrate variables limit freshwater mussel species richness and abundance (2010, background): “Recent catastrophic declines in the abundance and diversity of freshwater mussel populations (Bivalvia:Unionoida) have led conservationists to recognize these animals as North America’s most imperiled fauna (Strayer et al. 2004).”
Strategies for the conservation of endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera L.): a synthesis of Conservation Genetics and Ecology (2010, background): “The factors which control mussel populations can arise at various distances from the mussels (Strayer et al., 2004).”
Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges (2006, methodology): “A future perspective on North America’s freshwater ecosystems.”
Invasive species in Europe: ecology, status, and policy (2011, background): “This is evident in freshwater unionid mussels, which are among the most critically imperiled freshwater taxa both in North America and Europe [91,92].”