The decline in freshwater mussel populations in many river basins throughout North
America has been attributed, in part, to land-use modifications that cause changes in …

This well-illustrated book highlights freshwater mussels' fabulous diversity, amazing array of
often bizarre ecological adaptations, and their dire conservation plight. Summarizing and …

Abstract Abstract Pearly mussels (Unionacea) are widespread, abundant, and important in
freshwater ecosystems around the world. Catastrophic declines in pearly mussel …

Pearly mussels (Unionoidea) live in lakes, rivers, and streams around the world. These
bivalves play important roles in freshwater ecosystems and were once both culturally and …

Freshwater mussel larval parasitism of fish is unique among bivalves. The relationship is
primarily phoretic rather than nutritive; only the smallest glochidia and the haustorial larva …

The present study measured the occurrence, distribution, and bioaccumulation of fluoxetine
in samples of water, polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS), sediment, and …

Freshwater mussels (superfamily Unionoidea) are in serious global decline and in urgent
need of protection and conservation. The declines have been attributed to a wide array of …

In freshwater bivalves development takes place in three ways (Fig. 6.1). 1. By producing
veliger larvae as in Dreissena polymorpha, which is particularly successful wherever it first …

Freshwater mussel community composition within two drainage basins in Alabama, USA,
was better explained by patterns of variability in the fish community and the type of strategy …

Ecohydraulics is a relatively new name for a long‐standing field investigating the
interactions between ecology and the physics of flowing water. In recent decades, a …