Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and
services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status …

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Background/Aim. Within the elderly population, residents in nursing homes, there is a …

Infaunal freshwater mussels are highly threatened and declining worldwide. One of the
potential threats to mussels consists of biological invasions. We intended to investigate the …

Freshwater mussels (FMs) are useful bioindicators to detect environmental disturbances.
However, studies that evaluate FMs suitability for monitoring the hydrodynamic stressors …

Conservation and restoration strategies require knowledge of the autecology of target
species. The thick‐shelled river mussel Unio crassus is an endangered freshwater bivalve …

Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and
services. Unfortunately, some previously widespread species are now seriously …

Clams from the Corbicula species complex of Asian origin are invasive all over the world,
currently extending their distribution to waters of the natural thermal regime in Central …

Conservation efforts for freshwater mussels (Unionoida) require a priori assessments of their
populations' status quo. Unfortunately, collection of representative census and other data for …

We studied shell variation in the thick-shelled river mussel (Unio crassus Philipson, 1788)
sampled from two sites of very different character:(1) a rocky channel (San river) and (2) a …

The freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera is an endangered bivalve which is
usually regarded as sedentary, although individual movement has been observed both …