Download or read book Distribution and Ecology of Fresh water Mussels of the Kickapoo Creek Salt Creek System written by Quita Verban Shier and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book North American Freshwater Mussels written by Wendell R. Haag and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-illustrated book highlights freshwater mussels' fabulous diversity, amazing array of often bizarre ecological adaptations and their dire conservation plight. Summarizing and synthesizing historical and contemporary information as well as original research and analysis, the book describes the diverse array of mussel life history strategies and builds a cohesive narrative culminating in the development of explicit frameworks to explain pervasive patterns in mussel ecology. The fascinating and colorful role of mussels in human society is also described in detail, including the little-known pearl button industry of the early 1900s and the wild and often violent shell harvest of the 1990s. The final chapter details humans' efforts to save these fascinating animals and gives a prognosis for the future of the North American fauna. The book provides the first comprehensive review of mussel ecology and conservation for scientists, natural resource professionals, students and natural history enthusiasts.
Download or read book Freshwater Mussel Ecology written by David L. Strayer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 economically valuable as sources of food, pearls, and mother-of-pearl. Today, however, hundreds of species of these mussels are extinct or endangered. David L. Strayer provides a critical synthesis of the factors that control the distribution and abundance of pearly mussels. Using empirical analyses and models, he assesses the effects of dispersal, habitat quality, availability of fish hosts, adequate food, predators, and parasites. He also addresses conservation issues that apply to other inhabitants of fresh waters around the globe and other pressing issues in contemporary ecology.
Download or read book Biological Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mussel Survey of Two Stream Segments in East central Illinois written by Kevin S. Cummings and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lulu Linear Punctated written by Robert C. Dunnell and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freshwater Mussels of Florida written by James D. Williams and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshwater Mussels of Florida is the only comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia of all recorded species of mussels in the state of Florida.
Download or read book The Bryophytes of Illinois written by Kevin S. Cummings and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Immersion written by Abbie Gascho Landis and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abbie Gascho Landis brings readers to a hotbed of mussel diversity, the American Southeast, to seek mussels where they eat, procreate, and, too often, perish. Accompanied often by her husband, a mussel scientist, and her young children, she learned to see mussels on the creekbed, to tell a spectaclecase from a pigtoe, and to worry what vanishing mussels--70 percent of North American species are imperiled--will mean for humans and wildlife alike. Landis shares this journey, traveling from perilous river surveys to dry streambeds and into laboratories where endangered mussels are raised one precious life at a time. Mussels have much to teach us about the health of our watersheds if we step into the creek and take a closer look at their lives. In the tradition of writers like Terry Tempest Williams and Sy Montgomery, Landis gracefully chronicles these untold stories with a veterinarian's careful eye and the curiosity of a naturalist.--
Download or read book A Bibliography of the Northern and Western Corn Rootworm written by Bill N. McKnight and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anthropological Papers written by University of Michigan. Museum of Anthropology and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freshwater Mussel Distribution Abundance and Habitat Use in the Middle Klamath River written by Marie Louise Westover and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freshwater Mussels in a California North Coast Range River written by Kurt M. Cuffey and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spatial Distribution of Freshwater Mussels Unionidae in Ohio Brush Creek Watershed Southern Ohio written by Jason K. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ecology and Distribution of the Fresh Water Mussels of Western Pennsylvania written by Sally D. Dennis and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abundance and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in French Creek Pennsylvania written by Kyle Clark and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshwater mussels are an imperiled group of organisms that are vital to our aquatic ecosystems. Services performed by freshwater mussels, coupled with their use for biomonitoring, make them an invaluable asset. Neogobius melanostomus (Round Goby), a recently introduced invasive species to the French Creek watershed, was once restricted to the watershed of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania. Their propensity to consume Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra mussel) and Dreissena bugensis (Quagga mussel) in their native habitat raises concerns about this recent introduction into the Allegheny watershed. French Creek is home to one of the most diverse assemblages of fishes and mussels in the northeast and the impacts of this recent introduction could be far reaching. The three main objectives of this study were: 1to gather base line data on mussel distribution and abundances across 8 sites on French Creek. 2 to examine mussel immigration, emigration, and abundances. 3 to examine substrate particle size and host availability as limiting factors of mussel distribution in French Creek. Over the duration of the study, 21 species of mussels were captured over 8 sample sites. The number of species at sites ranged from 0-19 with a mode of 7 species per site. In addition, 66 different known-host and non-host species of fishes and amphibians were collected over the 8 sample sites. The number of known-host species at a site ranged between 22 and 38 with a mode of 22. Initial results from principal component analyses showed no significant difference (p>0.05) in substrate particle size classes by weight among the 8 sample sites. There was a significant difference (p
Download or read book The Sangamon written by Edgar Lee Masters and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
