Unionid mussels influence macroinvertebrate assemblage structure in streams

By C. Vaughn, D. Spooner. Journal of The North American Benthological Society, 2006

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Biogeochemical hotspots: temporal and spatial scaling of the impact of freshwater mussels on ecosystem function (2015, unknown): “…cases these effects may be partially due to biogenic habitat provided by the mussels and their spent shells (Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001; Spooner & Vaughn, 2006), a field experiment in an adjacent river and mesocosm experiments show that mussel-regenerated N is assimilated into the food web and…”
Life history traits and abundance can predict local colonisation and extinction rates of freshwater mussels (2012, methodology): “Mussel beds can range in area from <50 to >5000 m2, and the density within such beds is typically 10–100 times higher than outside of beds (Vaughn & Spooner, 2006).”
Complex hydraulic and substrate variables limit freshwater mussel species richness and abundance (2010, methodology): “Alternatively, if mussels themselves stabilize substrates as other authors have suggested (Johnson and Brown 2000, Vaughn and Spooner 2006, Strayer 2008), all substrates might have remained stable at RSS .”