Author: David Lowell Strayer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The objective of this guide is to help field biologists conduct better surveys of freshwater mussel populations. It opens with a discussion of several considerations and a question that should direct the design of any study of mussel populations. The authors then present sampling designs and methods that may be useful to mussel biologists. The also discuss examples of study designs that address several common objectives of studies of mussel populations.
A Guide to Sampling Freshwater Mussel Populations
Author: David Lowell Strayer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The objective of this guide is to help field biologists conduct better surveys of freshwater mussel populations. It opens with a discussion of several considerations and a question that should direct the design of any study of mussel populations. The authors then present sampling designs and methods that may be useful to mussel biologists. The also discuss examples of study designs that address several common objectives of studies of mussel populations.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The objective of this guide is to help field biologists conduct better surveys of freshwater mussel populations. It opens with a discussion of several considerations and a question that should direct the design of any study of mussel populations. The authors then present sampling designs and methods that may be useful to mussel biologists. The also discuss examples of study designs that address several common objectives of studies of mussel populations.
Guidelines for Sampling Freshwater Mussels in Wadable Streams
Author: Randal R. Piette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freshwater mussels
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freshwater mussels
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Sampling Adequacy of Freshwater Mussel Surveys and Variation of Mussel Species Richness in Illinois Wadeable Streams
Author: Jian Huang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Freshwater mussels are one of the most imperiled groups of animals in North America. Effective conservation strategies and resource management of freshwater mussels require adequately characterizing local mussel assemblages. However, sampling protocols for mussel surveys, including sampling efforts, have not been well established and tested. Furthermore, the percentage of all species captured with a standard sampling effort (e.g., search of man-hours) may vary greatly among sites, introducing biases into our understanding of species-diversity patterns and temporal trends. In addressing both questions, I focused on time-based search, one commonly used sampling technique in stream mussel surveys in the present study. I sampled 18 wadeable-stream sites mainly in east-central Illinois, selected based on watershed size, dominant-substrate type, and historic species diversity. With 16 man-hour search per site, my sampling crew collected 27-942 individuals and 5-18 species per site. I estimated the total species richness at a site with Chao-1 method that accounted for imperfect species detectability. I measured sampling adequacy at a given effort as the % of all estimated species recorded. A frequently used effort, 4 man-hour search, captured 15-100% of all species with an average of 61%. Observed species richness was not significantly correlated with the estimated total richness until sampling effort reached 8 man-hours (Pearson0́9s r = 0.59, p
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Freshwater mussels are one of the most imperiled groups of animals in North America. Effective conservation strategies and resource management of freshwater mussels require adequately characterizing local mussel assemblages. However, sampling protocols for mussel surveys, including sampling efforts, have not been well established and tested. Furthermore, the percentage of all species captured with a standard sampling effort (e.g., search of man-hours) may vary greatly among sites, introducing biases into our understanding of species-diversity patterns and temporal trends. In addressing both questions, I focused on time-based search, one commonly used sampling technique in stream mussel surveys in the present study. I sampled 18 wadeable-stream sites mainly in east-central Illinois, selected based on watershed size, dominant-substrate type, and historic species diversity. With 16 man-hour search per site, my sampling crew collected 27-942 individuals and 5-18 species per site. I estimated the total species richness at a site with Chao-1 method that accounted for imperfect species detectability. I measured sampling adequacy at a given effort as the % of all estimated species recorded. A frequently used effort, 4 man-hour search, captured 15-100% of all species with an average of 61%. Observed species richness was not significantly correlated with the estimated total richness until sampling effort reached 8 man-hours (Pearson0́9s r = 0.59, p
Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration
Author: Matthew A. Patterson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108445314
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
A practical, step-by-step guide to rearing freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108445314
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
A practical, step-by-step guide to rearing freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world.
Freshwater Mussel Populations of the Monongahela River, PA and Evaluation of the ORSANCO Copper Pole Substrate Sampling Technique Using G.I.S. Interpolation with Geometric Means
Author: Jonathan Hart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mussel culture
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mussel culture
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Freshwater Bivalve Ecotoxicology
Author: Jerry L. Farris
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420042858
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Responding to the growing need for an aggressive yet conservative approach to evaluating mussel populations, Freshwater Bivalve Ecotoxicology provides a collective review of the techniques and approaches for assessing contaminant impact on freshwater ecosystems. The editors incorporate coverage of research topics and management issues from a cross-section of scientists in the field. They explore current advances in general monitoring of population responses to stressors, fundamental concepts of ecotoxicology specific to burrowing bivalves, and useful insights that offer direction and priority for resolving specific problems challenging protection and conservation efforts. This book lays the groundwork with discussions of topics such as impact assessment, toxicokinetics, biomarkers, and pollution tolerance. The authors then explore fundamental concepts surrounding responses measured in freshwater bivalves as a consequence of chemical exposures or accumulated contaminants in target organs or tissues. They highlight the difficulties encountered with the laboratory culture of these organisms for toxicity testing or other controlled experiments, and examine the use of surrogate test organisms to relate sensitivities of response and reduce pressure on already impacted fauna. The book also reviews innovative field research using in situ bivalve toxicity testing, discusses effects-oriented tissue contaminant assessment, and concludes with threefour specific laboratory or combined field/laboratory ecotoxicology studies. A summary of methods from more than 75 laboratory toxicity studies conducted with freshwater mussels, the book provides an overview of a standardized method for conducting water-only acute and chronic laboratory toxicity tests with glochidia juvenile freshwater mussels. It focuses on studies that report measured contaminant treatments, had robust experimental designs, including replication of control and contaminant treatments, and were published in the peer-reviewed literature. The resulting array of viewpoints provides a framework that can be used to establish priorities in the rehabilitation and management of freshwater ecosystems.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420042858
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Responding to the growing need for an aggressive yet conservative approach to evaluating mussel populations, Freshwater Bivalve Ecotoxicology provides a collective review of the techniques and approaches for assessing contaminant impact on freshwater ecosystems. The editors incorporate coverage of research topics and management issues from a cross-section of scientists in the field. They explore current advances in general monitoring of population responses to stressors, fundamental concepts of ecotoxicology specific to burrowing bivalves, and useful insights that offer direction and priority for resolving specific problems challenging protection and conservation efforts. This book lays the groundwork with discussions of topics such as impact assessment, toxicokinetics, biomarkers, and pollution tolerance. The authors then explore fundamental concepts surrounding responses measured in freshwater bivalves as a consequence of chemical exposures or accumulated contaminants in target organs or tissues. They highlight the difficulties encountered with the laboratory culture of these organisms for toxicity testing or other controlled experiments, and examine the use of surrogate test organisms to relate sensitivities of response and reduce pressure on already impacted fauna. The book also reviews innovative field research using in situ bivalve toxicity testing, discusses effects-oriented tissue contaminant assessment, and concludes with threefour specific laboratory or combined field/laboratory ecotoxicology studies. A summary of methods from more than 75 laboratory toxicity studies conducted with freshwater mussels, the book provides an overview of a standardized method for conducting water-only acute and chronic laboratory toxicity tests with glochidia juvenile freshwater mussels. It focuses on studies that report measured contaminant treatments, had robust experimental designs, including replication of control and contaminant treatments, and were published in the peer-reviewed literature. The resulting array of viewpoints provides a framework that can be used to establish priorities in the rehabilitation and management of freshwater ecosystems.
The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee
Author: Paul Woodburn Parmalee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781572330139
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee . . . is indispensable to anyone, anywhere, working on this group. Parmalee and Bogan have written a work that sets the standard for future regional guides."--G. Thomas Watters, Ohio Biological Survey "The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee documents a tremendously diverse and unique mussel fauna that is rapidly being destroyed by modern development. Parmalee and Bogan set a new standard for state mussel surveys in their authoritative, thorough, and and highly readable account. The book will be of interest to biologists and conservationists worldwide and will appeal to anyone who cares about the preservation of natural resources in the southeastern United States."--Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum With more than 150 species and subspecies recorded in the state, Tennessee has one of the most diverse freshwater mussel faunas in North America. Valuable as indicators of water quality, these mollusks have themselves become threatened as development encroaches on habitat--twenty-three are currently listed as endangered species and at least twelve have become extinct. This is the first book for Tennessee to deal with this biologically and commercially significant group of mollusks. Its authors have been studying and writing about the mussels of Tennessee for more than twenty years and have undertaken a systematic organization of a large and complex body of information to bring order to a difficult field. The book traces the long history of human exploitation of mussels, from aboriginal food gathering to the growth of the cultured pearl industry. It provides an interpretive context for its exhaustive species accounts with background material on biology, distribution, economic utilization, taxonomy, and conservation issues. The authors also review the life cycle of the mussel and describe its many remarkable traits, such as its shell formation and the strategies it employs during the larval stage in parasitizing fish. The species accounts comprise 128 members of Family Unionidae--from pigtoes and pocketbooks to lilliputs and spikes--plus four additional species. The authors cover classification and synonymy, range and distribution, life history and ecology, and survival status. Particular attention is paid to shell description and structure to assist the reader in identification. Each species account includes a distribution map and color photos of two specimens. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee is a major reference that encompasses historical and modern mussel collections and draws on conservation studies that span two centuries. It will stand as an authoritative guide to understanding Tennessee mollusks and as a benchmark in the study of these species worldwide. The Authors: Paul W. Parmalee is professor emeritus of zooarchaeology and director emeritus of the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Arthur E. Bogan is curator of aquatic invertebrates at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781572330139
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee . . . is indispensable to anyone, anywhere, working on this group. Parmalee and Bogan have written a work that sets the standard for future regional guides."--G. Thomas Watters, Ohio Biological Survey "The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee documents a tremendously diverse and unique mussel fauna that is rapidly being destroyed by modern development. Parmalee and Bogan set a new standard for state mussel surveys in their authoritative, thorough, and and highly readable account. The book will be of interest to biologists and conservationists worldwide and will appeal to anyone who cares about the preservation of natural resources in the southeastern United States."--Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum With more than 150 species and subspecies recorded in the state, Tennessee has one of the most diverse freshwater mussel faunas in North America. Valuable as indicators of water quality, these mollusks have themselves become threatened as development encroaches on habitat--twenty-three are currently listed as endangered species and at least twelve have become extinct. This is the first book for Tennessee to deal with this biologically and commercially significant group of mollusks. Its authors have been studying and writing about the mussels of Tennessee for more than twenty years and have undertaken a systematic organization of a large and complex body of information to bring order to a difficult field. The book traces the long history of human exploitation of mussels, from aboriginal food gathering to the growth of the cultured pearl industry. It provides an interpretive context for its exhaustive species accounts with background material on biology, distribution, economic utilization, taxonomy, and conservation issues. The authors also review the life cycle of the mussel and describe its many remarkable traits, such as its shell formation and the strategies it employs during the larval stage in parasitizing fish. The species accounts comprise 128 members of Family Unionidae--from pigtoes and pocketbooks to lilliputs and spikes--plus four additional species. The authors cover classification and synonymy, range and distribution, life history and ecology, and survival status. Particular attention is paid to shell description and structure to assist the reader in identification. Each species account includes a distribution map and color photos of two specimens. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee is a major reference that encompasses historical and modern mussel collections and draws on conservation studies that span two centuries. It will stand as an authoritative guide to understanding Tennessee mollusks and as a benchmark in the study of these species worldwide. The Authors: Paul W. Parmalee is professor emeritus of zooarchaeology and director emeritus of the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Arthur E. Bogan is curator of aquatic invertebrates at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.
North American Freshwater Mussels
Author: Wendell R. Haag
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521199387
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
Synthesizes the ecology and natural history of North American freshwater mussels for scientists, natural resource professionals, students and natural history enthusiasts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521199387
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
Synthesizes the ecology and natural history of North American freshwater mussels for scientists, natural resource professionals, students and natural history enthusiasts.
An Integrated Wetland Assessment Toolkit
Author: Oliver Springate-Baginski
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831711193
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831711193
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Native Freshwater Mussel Populations in Riffle Areas of Cassadaga Creek, NY
Author: Elizabeth Simon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bivalve culture
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Cassadaga Creek, located in Western NY state and part of the Mississippi River Drainage Basin, hosts a relatively strong population of native freshwater mussels. During summer 2004 and 2005, a study was preformed to quantify the mussel populations, as well as the environmental parameters impacting them. Results were obtained from analyzing data collected from five water quality sampling sites for both summer 2004 and 2005 for the following environmental parameters: dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, temperature, phosphate, nitrates, chloride, and chlorophyll a. Also, measurements of flow rate and water depth from five water quality sampling sites during summer 2004 and 2005 were obtained. Upon surveying Cassadaga Creek during summer 2004, twelve riffle areas with potential for harboring native freshwater mussels were identified. Within these riffles, eleven native freshwater mussel species were found in summer 2005, including living specimens of the New York State endangered species the Rayed bean (Villosa fabalis). Important findings from the study were that Ross Mills, one of the southernmost sites, appears to have the most ideal water quality in terms of dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, conductivity, and velocity, as well as the highest quantity, diversity, and density of native freshwater mussel populations in Cassadaga Creek, NY. -- Author abstract.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bivalve culture
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Cassadaga Creek, located in Western NY state and part of the Mississippi River Drainage Basin, hosts a relatively strong population of native freshwater mussels. During summer 2004 and 2005, a study was preformed to quantify the mussel populations, as well as the environmental parameters impacting them. Results were obtained from analyzing data collected from five water quality sampling sites for both summer 2004 and 2005 for the following environmental parameters: dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, temperature, phosphate, nitrates, chloride, and chlorophyll a. Also, measurements of flow rate and water depth from five water quality sampling sites during summer 2004 and 2005 were obtained. Upon surveying Cassadaga Creek during summer 2004, twelve riffle areas with potential for harboring native freshwater mussels were identified. Within these riffles, eleven native freshwater mussel species were found in summer 2005, including living specimens of the New York State endangered species the Rayed bean (Villosa fabalis). Important findings from the study were that Ross Mills, one of the southernmost sites, appears to have the most ideal water quality in terms of dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, conductivity, and velocity, as well as the highest quantity, diversity, and density of native freshwater mussel populations in Cassadaga Creek, NY. -- Author abstract.