Molluscs are among the most diverse and widespread animal groups in freshwater habitats.
Unfortunately, like most freshwater taxa, they are decreasing dramatically and are now …

Freshwater bivalves are key faunal elements of aquatic ecosystems. Native species declines
are paralleled by increasing distribution and abundances of non-native species. Appropriate …

A pioneering, quantitative study published in Journal of Animal Ecology in 1966 on
freshwater mussel populations in the River Thames, UK, continues to be cited extensively as …

Freshwater mussels cannot spread through oceanic barriers and represent a suitable model
to test the continental drift patterns. Here, we reconstruct the diversification of Oriental …

With the rapid advancement of urbanization and industrialization, the contradiction between
the social economy and resources and the environment has become increasingly …

Freshwater mussels and crayfish provide important ecosystem functions and services. In
both groups, global declines of native species are paralleled by invasions of non‐native …

Iron (Fe) treatment is one of the most commonly used methods to restore eutrophic lakes
and reservoirs. The Fe-based coagulants dosage results in an almost immediate …

Globally-threatened freshwater mussels belonging to the order Unionida (Bivalvia) may be
adversely affected by dense beds of submerged macrophytes that modify habitat at the …

Using time-lapse photography in a laboratory setting, we exposed Anodonta anatina and
Unio pictorum for 4 h to algal (Chlorella vulgaris) concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 20.0 mg …

Freshwater mussels (order Unionida) are a globally widespread taxon which have been
described as ecosystem engineers due to their capacity to modify freshwater habitats and …