Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges

Establishing mussel behavior as a biomarker in ecotoxicology

(2016) Jason T. Hartmann et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Seven steps towards improving freshwater conservation

(2015) Juergen Geist   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the invaded range: a geographic approach with notes on species traits variability

(2015) Daniel Crespo et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Trophic relationships between the larvae of two freshwater mussels and their fish hosts

(2015) Marco Denic et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Conservation status of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in Portugal

(2015) Ronaldo Sousa et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Acute effects of salinity exposure on glochidia viability and host infection of the freshwater mussel Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

(2015) Sebastian Beggel et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of climate change and land-use scenarios on Margaritifera margaritifera, an environmental indicator and endangered species

(2015) R.M.B. Santos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Genetic diversity of the pan-European freshwater musselAnodonta anatina(Bivalvia: Unionoida) based on CO1: new phylogenetic insights and implications for conservation

(2014) Elsa Froufe et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Fish species composition and host fish density in streams of the thick-shelled river mussel(Unio crassus)- implications for conservation

(2014) Katharina Stoeckl et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Trends and Directions in Water Quality and Habitat Management in the Context of the European Water Framework Directive

(2014) Juergen Geist   FISHERIES

Effectiveness of a large reserve network in protecting freshwater biodiversity: a test for the Iberian Peninsula

(2014) Virgilio Hermoso et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Biology and conservation of freshwater bivalves: past, present and future perspectives

(2014) Manuel Lopes-Lima et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Linking Stream Sediment Deposition and Aquatic Habitat Quality in Pearl Mussel Streams: Implications for Conservation

(2014) M. Denic et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Ecology of southern European pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): first record of two new populations on the rivers Terva and Beça (Portugal)

(2013) Simone Varandas et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Impact of origin and condition of host fish (Salmo trutta) on parasitic larvae ofMargaritifera margaritifera

(2013) Martin E. Österling et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

The north-west of the Iberian Peninsula is crucial for conservation ofMargaritifera margaritifera(L.) in Europe

(2013) S. Lois et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Effects of water temperature on the larval parasitic stage of the thick-shelled river mussel(Unio crassus)

(2013) Jens-Eike Taeubert et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Habitat traits, population structure and host specificity of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in the Waldaist River (Upper Austria)

(2013) Michael Jung et al.   BIOLOGIA

Evaluating the combined threat of climate change and biological invasions on endangered species

(2013) Belinda Gallardo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Impact of Dreissena fouling on the physiological condition of native and invasive bivalves: interspecific and temporal variations

(2013) E. Bódis et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Results of testing the comparatory method: The curvature of the shell valve frontal section is inappropriate as a systematic character for the freshwater pearl mussel of the genus Margaritifera

(2013) I. N. Bolotov et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

Biotic homogenization as a threat to native affiliate species: fish introductions dilute freshwater mussel's host resources

(2013) Karel Douda et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Ecological indicators for stream restoration success

(2013) Joachim Pander et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Nutrient loading associated with agriculture land use dampens the importance of consumer-mediated niche construction

(2013) Daniel E. Spooner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecological Status of a Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) Population at the Southern Edge of its Distribution (River Paiva, Portugal)

(2013) Ronaldo Sousa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Physicochemical assessment of Unio crassus habitat quality in a small upland stream and implications for conservation

(2013) Marco Denic et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Historical geography of pearl harvesting and current status of populations of freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (L.) in the western part of Northern European Russia

(2013) Alexander Makhrov et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Massive mortality of invasive bivalves as a potential resource subsidy for the adjacent terrestrial food web

(2013) E. Bódis et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

French naiad (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae, Unionidae) species distribution models: prediction maps as tools for conservation

(2013) V. Prié et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Host-dependent genetic variation in freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.)

(2013) Sten Karlsson et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Molecular phylogeny, taxonomy, and distribution of French Unio species (Bivalvia, Unionidae)

(2013) Vincent Prié et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Biodiversity on the brink: an assessment of conservation strategies for North American freshwater mussels

(2013) Wendell R. Haag et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Invasive bivalves in fresh waters: impacts from individuals to ecosystems and possible control strategies

(2013) Ronaldo Sousa et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Reproductive Cycle and Strategy ofAnodonta anatina(L., 1758): Notes on Hermaphroditism

(2013) MARIANA HINZMANN et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Variable development and excystment of freshwater pearl mussel ( Margaritifera margaritifera L.) at constant temperature

(2013) Jens-Eike Taeubert et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

A Histological Study of Oogenesis in the Freshwater MusselAnodonta cygnea(Linnaeus, 1758) in Mira Lagoon, Portugal

(2013) Paula Lima et al.   MALACOLOGIA

Host limitation of the thick-shelled river mussel: identifying the threats to declining affiliate species

(2012) K. Douda et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Massive die-offs of freshwater bivalves as resource pulses

(2012) Ronaldo Sousa et al.   ANNALES DE LIMNOLOGIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY

The relationship between endangered thick-shelled river mussel (Unio crassus) and its host fishes

(2012) Jens-Eike Taeubert et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Causes of recruitment failure in freshwater mussel populations in southeastern New York

(2012) David L. Strayer et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Factors influencing the success of salmonid egg development in river substratum

(2012) Katharina Sternecker et al.   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

Salinisation of rivers: An urgent ecological issue

(2012) Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?

(2012) Jeffrey M Diez et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

Effect-Based Tools for Monitoring and Predicting the Ecotoxicological Effects of Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment

(2012) Richard E. Connon et al.   SENSORS

Identifying freshwater mussels (Unionoida) and parasitic glochidia larvae from host fish gills: a molecular key to the North and Central European species

(2012) Alexandra Zieritz et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Effects of temperature and photoperiod on lure display and glochidial release in a freshwater mussel

(2012) Andrew M. Gascho Landis et al.   Freshwater Science

A critical reflection on the success of rearing and culturing juvenile freshwater mussels with a focus on the endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.)

(2011) Bernhard Gum et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Rediscovery of the largest population of the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) in the Leningrad oblast (north-west Russia)

(2011) A. N. Ostrovsky et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Host-specificity of the endangered thick-shelled river mussel (Unio crassus, Philipsson 1788) and implications for conservation

(2011) Jens-Eike Taeubert et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Integrative freshwater ecology and biodiversity conservation

(2011) Juergen Geist   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

The effects of weirs on structural stream habitat and biological communities

(2011) Melanie Mueller et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The unionids of Tunisia: taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships, with redescription of Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847 and U. durieui Deshayes, 1847

(2011) Noureddine Khalloufi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Sexual, habitat-constrained and parasite-induced dimorphism in the shell of a freshwater mussel (Anodonta anatina, Unionidae)

(2011) Alexandra Zieritz et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of tropical freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) resolves the position of Coelatura and supports a monophyletic Unionidae

(2011) Nathan V. Whelan et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Effect of pH, iron and aluminum on survival of early life history stages of the endangered freshwater pearl mussel,Margaritifera margaritifera

(2011) J. Taskinen et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Suitability of different salmonid strains as hosts for the endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.)

(2010) Jens-Eike Taeubert et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Conservation genetics of the endangered depressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata, using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers

(2010) Richard Skidmore et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Endemic species: Contribution to community uniqueness, effect of habitat alteration, and conservation priorities

(2010) Lyubov E. Burlakova et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Invasive species and habitat degradation in Iberian streams: an analysis of their role in freshwater fish diversity loss

(2010) Virgilio Hermoso et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The effects of stream substratum composition on the emergence of salmonid fry

(2010) K. Sternecker et al.   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

Phenotypic plasticity and genetic isolation-by-distance in the freshwater mussel Unio pictorum (Mollusca: Unionoida)

(2010) A. Zieritz et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Fouling of European freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) by the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

(2010) RONALDO SOUSA et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Strategies for the conservation of endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera L.): a synthesis of Conservation Genetics and Ecology

(2010) Juergen Geist   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Habitat degradation and the decline of the threatened mussel Margaritifera margaritifera: influence of turbidity and sedimentation on the mussel and its host

(2010) Martin E. Österling et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Redescription ofUnio gibbusSpengler, 1793, A West Palaearctic Freshwater Mussel with Hookless Glochidia

(2010) Rafael Araujo et al.   MALACOLOGIA

Funeral for theNouvelle École-ianaGeneric Names Introduced for Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida)

(2010) Daniel L. Graf   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA

Distribution and status of the freshwater pearl musselMargaritifera margaritiferain northern Fennoscandia

(2010) Panu Oulasvirta   TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Effects of nitrate nitrogen pollution on Central European unionid bivalves revealed by distributional data and acute toxicity testing

(2009) Karel Douda   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Dramatic Declines in North Atlantic Diadromous Fishes

(2009) Karin E. Limburg et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Isolation and characterization of the first microsatellite markers for the endangered swan mussel Anodonta cygnea L. (Bivalvia: Unionoidea)

(2009) Juergen Geist et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Drainage-independent genetic structure and high genetic diversity of endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in northern Europe

(2009) Juergen Geist et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Assessing effects of water abstraction on fish assemblages in Mediterranean streams

(2009) LLUIS BENEJAM et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918): a valid species inhabiting Moroccan rivers

(2009) R. Araujo et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Redescription ofUnio tumidiformisCastro, 1885 (Bivalvia, Unionidae), an endemism from the south-western Iberian Peninsula

(2009) Joaquim Reis et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Development and morphology of the glochidium larva of Anodonta cygnea (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

(2009) Elizabeth M. Wood   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Minho River tidal freshwater wetlands: threats to faunal biodiversity

(2008) R Sousa et al.   Aquatic Biology

Channels and ditches as the last shelter for freshwater mussels: the case of Margaritifera auricularia and other naiads inhabiting the mid Ebro River Basin, Spain

(2008) Ignacio Gómez et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Freshwater bivalve (Unioniformes) diversity, systematics, and evolution: status and future directions

(2008) Arthur E. Bogan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Host-parasite interactions in oligotrophic stream ecosystems: the roles of life-history strategy and ecological niche

(2008) JUERGEN GEIST et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

(2008) J. N. Galloway et al.   SCIENCE