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• Bringing Mussels Back in the Southeast

  Authors:Richard G. Biggins and Robert S. ButlerFrom:Endangered Species Bulletin (Vol. 25, Issue 3)

  May 20001,305 words Brief article The world's greatest diversity of freshwater mussels occurs in the continental United States. Early American naturalists marveled at this fauna's beauty and diversity. T.A. Conrad wrote in a paper presented to the...

• Focus on nature[TM]

  Author:Rochelle MasonFrom:Endangered Species Update (Vol. 19, Issue 1)

  January-February 2002152 words Brief article The HIGGINS EYE (PEARLYMUSSEL) (Lampsilis higginsii) is a 3-3 1/2 inch freshwater bivalve. Its valves (shells) are yellowish-brown with dark growth ridges and greenish rays. As a mussel, it differs from a clam in that a...

• Releasing mussels to recovering waters

  Author:Shane D. HanlonFrom:Endangered Species Bulletin (Vol. 28, Issue 2)

  March-April 2003995 words Article One of our nation's biological hot spots, the 21,390 square miles (55,379 sq. kilometers) of the Upper Tennessee River Basin (UTRB) provides habitat for a remarkable diversity of aquatic life. More than 85 of the...

• THE FRESHWATER MUSSELS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) OF PIGEON CREEK, A SMALL SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA TRIBUTARY OF THE OHIO RIVER

  Author:Dale D. EdwardsFrom:Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of SciencePeer-Reviewed

  Winter-Fall 19992,475 words Article ABSTRACT: A survey of unionid mussels at three sites in Pigeon Creek in southwestern Indiana was conducted during the fall of 1997. This survey represents the first published report of unionid mussels from this...

• Dominance in physiological phenotypes and fitness at an enzyme locus

  Authors:Thomas J. Hilbish and Richard K. KoehnFrom:Science (Vol. 229) Peer-Reviewed

  July 5, 19851,485 words Article Biochemical differences in aminopeptidase-I (AM-I) allozymes (products of the Lap locus) in the marine mussel Mytilus edulis (1) result in genotypespecific rates of change in the free amino acid (FAA) pool when mussels...

• Observations on the conglutinates of Ptychobranchus greeni (Conrad, 1834)(Mollusca: bivalvia: unionoidea)

  Authors:Paul Hartfield and Elizabeth HartfieldFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 135, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19962,076 words Article The conglutinates of Ptychobranchus greeni, a freshwater mussel, mimic aquatic dipteran larvae in shape, size, and coloration. They possess a terminal adhesive filament that may function as a holdfast to attach the...

• Natural and Fukushima-derived radioactivity in macroalgae and mussels along the Japanese shoreline

  Authors:Z. Baumann, N. Casacuberta, H. Baumann, and N. S. FisherFrom:Biogeosciences (Vol. 10, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 13, 201332 words Brief article Byline: Z. Baumann, N. Casacuberta, H. Baumann, P. Masqué,, N. S. Fisher To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Conflicting effects of predator cue and ocean acidification on the mussel Mytilus coruscus byssus production

  Authors:Lisha Li, Weiqun Lu, Yanming Sui, Youji Wang, Yasmeen Gul, and Sam DupontFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 34, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20155,140 words Report 1320LABSTRACT Understanding the impact of ocean acidification and warming on communities and ecosystems is a researcher priority. This can only be achieved through a combination of experimental and field approaches that...

• External morphology of spermatozoa and spermatozeugmata of the freshwater mussel Truncilla truncata (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae)

  Authors:D.L. Waller and B.A. LaseeFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 138, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19971,596 words Article Truncilla truncata males release spherical aggregates of spermatozoa, called spermatozeugmata, at spawning. Sperm aggregates from other bivalve species have been described, but few detailed studies exist of the...

• Population genetic variation in the New Zealand greenshell mussel: locus-dependent conflicting signals of weak structure and high gene flow balanced against pronounced structure and high self-recruitment

  Authors:Kaijian Wei, Ann R. Wood, and Jonathan P.A. GardnerFrom:Marine Biology (Vol. 160, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 201310,721 words Report 1470LA pronounced north-south multitaxon genetic discontinuity occurs in central New Zealand (NZ). Polymorphic microsatellite markers have been used to test the location and structure of this discontinuity in the endemic...

• Reproduction by individuals of a nonreproducing population of Megalonaias nervosa (Mollusca: Unionidae) following translocation

  Authors:Jackie R. Heinricher and James B. LayzerFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 141, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19993,456 words Article Reproduction of Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) has not been documented for over 20 y in much of the Cumberland River, where water temperatures have decreased and flow regimes have been greatly altered by...

• Thermal biology of rocky intertidal mussels: quantifying body temperatures using climatological data

  Author:Brian HelmuthFrom:Ecology (Vol. 80, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 199913,629 words Article Despite numerous studies demonstrating the importance of body temperature to the fitness of intertidal invertebrates, surprisingly little is known of what these temperatures are under normal field conditions. Using...

• Early life history and distribution of pistolgrip (Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)) in Minnesota and Wisconsin

  Authors:Mark C. Hove, Bernard E. Sietman, Josh E. Bakelaar, Jennifer A. Bury, David J. Heath, Vanessa E. Pepi, et al.From:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 165, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20117,910 words Report 1290LWe conducted a series of studies to improve our understanding of pistolgrip life history and distribution in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In the St. Croix River, where this species is relatively abundant, we studied animals...

• The gut microbiome of freshwater Unionidae mussels is determined by host species and is selectively retained from filtered seston.

  Authors:Eric A. Weingarten, Carla L. Atkinson, and Colin R. JacksonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 13, 20197,541 words Article 1580LFreshwater mussels are a species-rich group of aquatic invertebrates that are among the most endangered groups of fauna worldwide. As filter-feeders that are constantly exposed to new microbial inoculants, mussels...

• Histological studies on gametogenesis, hermaphroditism and the gametogenic cycle of Anodonta gabillotia pseudodopsis (Locard, 1883) in the Lake Golbasi, Turkey (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

  Authors:Hulya Sereflisan, Sehriban Cek, and Menderes SereflisanFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20094,811 words Report 1200LABSTRACT This study describes the seasonal reproductive cycle, gonad structure, and sex ratio of the Anodonta gabillotia pseudodopsis. A total of 300 individuals was collected in monthly samples from September 2005 to...

• Bioaccumulation experiments in mussels contaminated with the food-borne pathogen arcobacter butzleri: preliminary data for risk assessment

  Authors:Donatella Ottaviani, Serena Chierichetti, Elena Rocchegiani, Chiara Bartolini, Laura Masini, Sabrina Santarelli, et al.From:BioMed Research InternationalPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20132,984 words Report 1520LThe aim of this study was to evaluate, at a laboratory scale, the ability of this microorganism to grow in seawater and bioaccumulate in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) maintained in constantly aerated tanks,...

• Biogeography of ocean acidification: Differential field performance of transplanted mussels to upwelling-driven variation in carbonate chemistry

  Authors:Jeremy M. Rose, Carol A. Blanchette, Francis Chan, Tarik C. Gouhier, Peter T. Raimondi, Eric Sanford, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 17, 202010,239 words Report 1530LAuthor(s): Jeremy M. Rose 1,*, Carol A. Blanchette 2, Francis Chan 1, Tarik C. Gouhier 3, Peter T. Raimondi 4, Eric Sanford 5,6, Bruce A. Menge 1 Introduction Awareness of the potential for ocean acidification...

• From the archive

  From:Nature (Vol. 562, Issue 7725) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2018333 words Article 1140LWhat Nature was saying 50 and 100 years ago. A poisonous algal bloom and a remarkable rainbow. Author Affiliations: From the archive 50 Years Ago A chain of ecological events extraordinary for the British...

• Secrets from the deep sea: the mechanism used by mussels to stick to slippery rocks is the idea behind glue that could mend broken bones

  Author:Andrew R. ScottFrom:Nature (Vol. 519, Issue 7544 S1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 26, 20151,811 words Article 1440L Fifteen years ago, while being thrown about by heavy seas during a scuba dive off the California coast, Jonathan Wilker was impressed by the mussels sticking firm and untroubled to the rocks...

• Biomimetic polymer coating enables multimaterial adhesion for DNA microarrays

  Author:Philip B. MessersmithFrom:Advanced Coatings & Surface Technology (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 2011474 words Article 1280LCommon mussels are the organisms next in line to have inspired researchers to create a useful coating material that enables excellent adhesion on any kind of material. The foot of these mussels produces sticky glue for...