Unionid Ecology

Session 13 (Contributed)
Thursday, May 30, 1:00 PM-2:45 PM, Allegheny III
Moderator: Gangloff, M.M.

1:00 (83) HYDRAULIC ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS (BIVALVIA:UNIONIDAE) IN STREAMS OF THE COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA RIVER DRAINAGES, ALABAMA, USA.
M.M. Gangloff and J.W. Feminella. Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

1:15 (84) THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE DROUGHT ON FRESHWATER MUSSEL ASSEMBLAGES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
S.W. Golladay, M. Kearns, J.M. Battle, and P. Gagnon. J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Rte 2 Box 2324, Newton GA USA 31770

1:30 (85) REACH AND LANDSCAPE-SCALE DETERMINANTS OF FRESHWATER MUSSEL (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) DISTRIBUTIONS IN AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN.
S. Kopplin and J.D. Allan. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115

1:45 (86) SMALL-SCALE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS (FAMILY: UNIONIDAE) IN THE KIAMICHI RIVER, OKLAHOMA.
D.E. Spooner and C.C. Vaughn. Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA 73019

2:00 (87) PATTERNS OF REPRODUCTION AND PARASITISM IN FRESHWATER MUSSELS.
G.T. Watters. Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA 43212

2:15 (88) BIOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF LAMPSILIS CARIOSA AND LEPTODEA OCHRACEA (UNIONIDAE) IN MAINE.
P.C. Wick and A.D. Huryn. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME o4469-5722

2:30 (89) SEDIMENT PREFERENCE AND BYSSAL THREAD PRODUCTION OF THE ENDANGERED RAYED BEAN (VILLOSA FABALIS) (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) IN THE SYDENHAM RIVER, ONTARIO, CANADA.
D. Woolnough and G. Mackie. Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1