This book first appeared in 1941 in a different form and has had several subsequent
editions. It is renowned for standardizing the methods for counting scales and fin rays and …

Since the first edition was published, a second invasive dreissenid, the quagga mussel, has
become established in the western US and is rapidly spreading. This book provides the first …

The Palaeoheterodonta is a diverse clade consisting of the freshwater bivalve order
Unionoida and its marine sister group, Neotrigonia. Neotrigonia is the sole surviving genus …

Aim The successful conservation of endangered mussel communities requires, in part, a
thorough understanding of the processes that shape their distribution. Therefore, we tested …

Abstract Over 70% of North American freshwater mussel species (families Unionidae and
Margaritiferidae) are listed as threatened or endangered. Knowledge of the genetic structure …

Determining when and where the ecological impacts of invasive species will be most
detrimental and whether the effects of multiple invaders will be superadditive, or subadditive …

Extrinsic and intrinsic forces combined shape the population structure of every species
differently. Freshwater mussels are obligate parasites to a host fish during a juvenile stage …

The macrogeographic dispersal of unionoid mussels is largely dependent on movement by
their host fish. The snuffbox mussel Epioblasma triquetra (Unionoida) and other congeners …

Following the retreat of the last Pleistocene glaciers∼ 10,000 years before present, aquatic
organisms re-colonized previously uninhabitable regions from various glacial refuges …

Seven populations of the imperiled snuffbox mussel, Epioblasma triquetra, were sampled
from across the central basin of North America. Samples were genotyped using 15 …