Freshwater Mussels
Thermal Sensitivity of Freshwater Mussels: Incorporating Benthic Ecology into Laboratory Mesocosm Experiments.
... To our knowledge, this is the first report of the acute lethal thermal sensitivities for juvenile freshwater mussels held in sediment in laboratory tests. Our standard water-only tests served both as a ...
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Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants of Emerging Concern on the Behavior, Reproduction, and Metabolism of Two Species of Native North American Freshwater Mussels.
... Freshwater mussels (Order Unionoida) are one of the most rapidly disappearing fauna in North ...estrogens. Mussels in the following studies were observed daily for changes in behavior such as foot ...
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Sensitivity of Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels to a Range of Common and Extreme Water Temperatures
... in freshwater mussels could be detrimental if a mismatch between the mussels and their host fish were to ...that freshwater mussels are constantly exposed to a range of other stressors, ...
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Biotic and Abiotic Influences on Common and Imperiled Freshwater Mussels at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales with Inferences to Global Change.
... Freshwater mussels are multifaceted organisms due to their unique life cycle, cryptic behavior, benthic occurrence, and imperiled status, and relevant ecological information is urgently needed to guide ...
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Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure on Three Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
... native freshwater mussels are among the most threatened aquatic animal species in North America (Williams et ...American mussels are either vulnerable to extinction or are already extinct, and ...
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Bioaccumulation of Microcystins by Freshwater Mussels in Mystic Lake and Middle Pond, MA, Breanna Travers, Amanda Murby, and James F. Haney
... for Freshwater Biology investigated a possible relationship between a cyanobacteria bloom and a large-scale die-off of freshwater mussels in Mystic Lake and Middle Pond (Barnstable, ...in ...
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Endocrine and Reproductive Effects of the Pharmaceutical Fluoxetine on Native Freshwater Mussels: Proximity to Measured Environmental Concentrations
... native freshwater mussels (Family ...male mussels during a 48 h ...cardium. Mussels exposed to 300 g/L (p = ...control mussels. Accordingly, mussels in the 300 g/L (p = ...
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Studies on the in vitro Propagation of Freshwater Mussels with Implications for Improving Juvenile Health.
... Freshwater mussels are one of the most endangered group of taxa in North America (Williams et ...of freshwater mussels and their release back into their native habitat is a conservation tool ...
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Energetic costs in the coevolutionary relationship between bitterling fish and freshwater mussels
... demonstrated that infected mussels had higher routine oxygen uptake rates when hosting bitterling.. embryos at early developmental stages that reside between gill lamellae and distract w[r] ...
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Filtration Conditions for the Removal of Organic Matter in Eutrophic Waters by Freshwater Mussels Using Response Surface Methodology
... Keywords : current, filtration rate, freshwater bivalve, mussel size, response surface 35.. methodology, Sinanodonta woodiana 36.[r] ...
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Exposure of unionid mussels to electric current: Assessing risks associated with electrofishing
... on freshwater mussels has focused on the prevention of settlement by veligers of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and on eradicating adult zebra mussels in hydropower facili- ...zebra ...
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Advancing the Tools of Freshwater Mussel Conservation: Determining the Relative Chemical Sensitivity of In Vitro and In Vivo Propagated Juvenile Mussels.
... Freshwater mussels are sensitive to chemical contaminants and can be used as sentinels for aquatic ...Unionid mussels live at the sediment-water interface, so they are susceptible to multiple routes ...
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Can conservation targets for imperilled freshwater fishes and mussels be achieved by captive breeding and release programs? A systematic map protocol to determine available evidence
... to freshwater mussels and fishes are widespread and often include habitat destruction, pollution, har- vest, the introduction of disease, climate change ...of freshwater fishes and mussels, ...
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Faunal structures associated with patches of mussels on East Asian coasts
... the mussels Septifer (Mytilisepta) keenae and Modiolus modiolus difficilis; and (3) creeping fauna, the dorvilleid Dorvilela matsu- shimaensis and the ophiuroid Ophiophragmus ...
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Impact of thermal pollution on the proximate composition of the freshwater prawn macrobrachiumrosenbergii in mettur freshwater ecosystem
... Freshwater prawns are considered as the cheapest sources of nutrition for human consumption. The nutritional values of prawns depend on their major biochemical components such as proteins, carbohydrates and ...
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The Respiration of Freshwater Snails
... Experiments on oxygen consumption in relation to oxygen content of the water have shown that some species Lymnaea auricularia, Myxas glutinosa, Physa fontinaUs, Valvata piscinaUs and Bit[r] ...
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On the freshwater shells of Tasmania
... Shell very thin, pellucid, shining, ventricose, pale horny, rather straight, spire short, acute, whorls 4, penultimate whorl rounded last whorl large, concave behind the columella, outer[r] ...
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Pollutant induced depression of the transmembrane sodium gradient in muscles of mussels
... When the apparent intracellular sodium concentration was measured directly, and the extracellular and total sodium concentrations were determined, y was found by solving equation 4 with [r] ...
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Pseudodiarrhoea in zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) exposed to microcystins
... zebra mussels, whereas nontoxic strains do ...cyanobacteria, mussels closed their shell valves and siphons significantly more often than they did when fed a non-toxic diatom ...Though mussels ...
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Freshwater Fungal Infections
... of freshwater sources, including surface waters, drinking water and public bathing and swimming ...of freshwater exposure or trauma are ...from freshwater exposures following natural disasters or ...
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