North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation

By W. Haag. 2012

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Subfields: Ecology

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Biodiversity on the brink: an assessment of conservation strategies for North American freshwater mussels (2013, background): “was directly responsible for the majority of mussel extinctions to date (Haag, 2012).”
A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species (2021, background): “…of globally threatened inland waterways (Dudgeon et al., 2006; Strayer & Dudgeon, 2010; Lopes-Lima et al., 2018b; Reid et al., 2019) and as fascinating, long-lived invertebrates with unusual parasitic life cycles adapted to life in flowing waters (Cummings & Graf, 2009; Haag, 2012; Graf, 2013).”
Ecosystem engineering by mussels supports biodiversity and water clarity in a heavily polluted lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016, background): “Considering that current evidence suggests similar filtration activity of mussels during day and night (Haag 2012 and references therein), we assumed that mussels filtered 24 h/d.”
Fish and mussels: Importance of fish for freshwater mussel conservation (2018, background): “The dynamic interactions between the freshwater mussel and their fish host are crucial for mussel populations (but see Lellis & King, 1998 and Dickinson & Sietman, 2008), mainly due to the reduced lifespan of glochidia and their limited dispersal capacity (Bauer, 2001; Haag, 2012).”