The functional role of burrowing bivalves in freshwater ecosystems

By C. Vaughn, C. C. Hakenkamp. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Fouling of European freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) by the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) (2011, background): “…habitat for other organisms; mussels can bioturbate and oxygenate the top layer of the 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…”
Biodiversity on the brink: an assessment of conservation strategies for North American freshwater mussels (2013, background): “Filter feeding and burrowing may be critical in nutrient cycling by linking benthic and pelagic food webs and stimulating production across multiple trophic levels (Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001; Vaughn et al., 2008; Spooner et al., 2012).”
Biogeochemical hotspots: temporal and spatial scaling of the impact of freshwater mussels on ecosystem function (2015, positive): “While in some 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…”
Ecosystem engineering by mussels supports biodiversity and water clarity in a heavily polluted lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016, background): “Mussels directly enhance habitat structure and complexity for other organisms because their shells serve as large, hard substrate (Vaughn and Hakenkamp 2001).”
Challenges for freshwater invertebrate conservation (2006, background): “Invertebrates regulate rates of primary production, decomposition, water clarity, thermal stratification, and nutrient cycling in lakes, streams, and rivers (e.g., Mazumder et al. 1990, Feminella and Hawkins 1995, Wallace and Webster 1996, Graça 2001, Vaughn and Hakenkamp 2001, Vanni 2002).”
Ecology of the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in aquatic ecosystems: an overview (2008, background): “…and bioturbation activity, principally at high abundances, may displace and/or reduce available habitats for juvenile unionids and sphaeriids (Vaughn & Hakenkamp 2001); suspension and deposit feeding by Corbicula may negatively impact unionid juvenile recruitment (Yeager et al. 1994,…”
Community and foodweb ecology of freshwater mussels (2008, background): “We have learned a tremendous amount about mussel communities during the past 10 y (Vaughn and Hakenkamp 2001, Strayer et al. 2004), but we require a much better understanding of many aspects of their biology to make informed conservation and restoration decisions.”
Non-indigenous invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers (2009, background): “…porosity and water holding capacity, which will affect interstitial water characteristics, oxygen and nutrient concentrations, redox potential, among other abiotic factors that control biogeochemical process rates and the distribution and survival of other organisms (Vaughn and Hakenkamp 2001).”
Horizontal and vertical movements of unionid mussels in a lowland river (2007, background): “However, we lack detailed knowledge of these sediment-related processes, and this lack is a significant gap in our understanding of the functional role of unionid mussels in aquatic systems (Vaughn and Hakenkamp 2001).”
Changing Perspectives on Pearly Mussels, North America's Most Imperiled Animals (2004, background): “The activities of unionacean mussels—consuming phytoplankton and other particles, releasing nutrients, depositing feces and pseudofeces (biodeposits), and mixing sediments (Vaughn and Hakenkamp 2001)—may be important in ecosystems, paralleling the central roles played by other bivalves (Dame 1996).”
Shell decay rates of native and alien freshwater bivalves and implications for habitat engineering (2007, background): “Dame, 1996; Strayer et al., 1999; Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001 ), but also because they act as ecological engineers by creating large amounts of shell (Gutierrez et al., 2003).”
Context-dependent effects of freshwater mussels on stream benthic communities (2006, background): “In rivers, the biomass of healthy unionid assemblages can exceed the biomass of all other benthic organisms by an order of magnitude (Negus, 1966; Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001) and production by mussels (range from 1 to 20 g dry mass m)2 year)1) can equal that by all other macrobenthos (Strayer, 1994).”
Ecosystem Processes Performed by Unionid Mussels in Stream Mesocosms: Species Roles and Effects of Abundance (2004, background): “Few other studies have demonstrated differences in filtering abilities or particle selection among mussel species ( Vaughn & Hakenkamp, 2001 ), and where differences have been found they have been for species from very different habitats (i.e.”