Suspects and evidence: a review of the causes of extirpation and decline in freshwater
mussels.—Conservation of biodiversity requires reliable evidence of the causes of …

Concentrations of selected trace elements in surface water and fluvial sediment were
investigated as possible factors limiting the distribution and abundance of freshwater …

The freshwater mussel fauna in Europe is very different from that in North America. There
are only ten species of freshwater mussels (Unionacea: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) in …

The host specificity ofunionids is not well understood. In particular, it is not known if host
relationships vary among closely related species or among populations within species. We …

Metal pollution from mining is a threat to lotic fishes, although legislation that requires
improved water quality and provides funding for remediation has been enacted to combat …

The surface waters of eastern and central Kansas once supported an impressive variety of
native freshwater mussels, but a widespread decline in species richness accompanied the …

ABSTRACT The ellipse, Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae), was first
recorded in Minnesota from the Straight River in 1987, but we knew little of its distribution in …

The rabbitsfoot mussel is a rare and critically endangered species in the upper Arkansas
River system of Kansas and Missouri. I compared reproductive biology and life history of …

Periodic quantitative surveys to monitor populations of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) were
conducted at eight sites in the Verdigris River, KS during 1991, 1997, and 2003. Twenty-two …

Excavations at an archeological site adjacent to the Verdigris River in southeast Kansas
unearthed a prehistoric mussel shell midden associated with a probable mussel cooking …