A guide to sampling freshwater mussel populations

By David L. Strayer, David R. Smith. 2003

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Endemic species: Contribution to community uniqueness, effect of habitat alteration, and conservation priorities (2011, methodology): “If mussel assemblages were present, quantitative methods (randomly placed 0.25 m2 quadrats, area searches, or systematic strip transects with a random start (Smith, 2006)) were used for assessments of density and population size (Dunn, 2000; Strayer and Smith, 2003).”
Freshwater mussel abundance predicts biodiversity in UK lowland rivers (2007, methodology): “…noted that the greater patchiness of mussels in more speciose regions, such as parts of North America, and in some mussel families, such as the Margaritiferidae, may require a more extensive sampling effort to provide a reliable estimate of relative mussel abundance (e.g. Strayer and Smith, 2003).”
Effects of Severe Drought on Freshwater Mussel Assemblages (2008, methodology): “To increase sampling precision postdrought, we reallocated our effort by taking 10 systematic samples, each consisting of eight sample points arrayed in a grid across the study area (Strayer and Smith 2003).”
Life history traits and abundance can predict local colonisation and extinction rates of freshwater mussels (2012, methodology): “Mussels were sampled with semi-quantitative timed searches, which can be reliably used to locate rare species (Strayer & Smith, 2003).”