The functional role of native freshwater mussels in the fluvial benthic environment
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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation
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- Stable isotopic signatures, tissue stoichiometry, and nutrient cycling (C and N) of native and invasive freshwater bivalves (2010, background): “Filter-feeding by freshwater mussels is important in aquatic ecosystems because it transfers organic materials and nutrients from the water column to the surrounding benthic area and stimulates primary and secondary production (Howard and Cuffey 2006, Spooner and Vaughn 2006, Vaughn et al. 2007).”
- Community and foodweb ecology of freshwater mussels (2008, background): “Biodeposition by Margaritifera falcata increased organic and inorganic fine benthic matter in a California stream, but only during late summer and early autumn (Howard and Cuffey 2006).”
- Ecosystem engineering by mussels supports biodiversity and water clarity in a heavily polluted lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016, background): “As a consequence, presence of mussels can promote benthic macroinvertebrate biomass and biodiversity, as shown by Howard and Cuffey (2006) and Aldridge et al. (2007) for temperate, fluvial ecosystems.”
- Strategies for the conservation of endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera L.): a synthesis of Conservation Genetics and Ecology (2010, background): “…cover, are examples which illustrate that freshwater bivalves in general, and freshwater pearl mussels in particular can be viewed as keystone fauna of aquatic ecosystems, their presence greatly enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (e.g. Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001; Howard & Cuffey, 2006).”