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Unionid EcologySession 7 (Contributed)
Monday, June 5, 3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Egan 1
Moderator: C.C. Vaughn
3:15 (43) Size matters: body size and endemism predict extinction risk of North
American freshwater mussels
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M.M. Gangloff and J.W. Feminella. Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36839-5407
3:30 (44) Occurrence of parasitic freshwater mussel larvae on host fishes in a diverse southeastern river, USA.
T.B. Kennedy1, W.R. Haag2, and A.C. Benke1. 1University of Alabama, Aquatic Biology Program. P.O. Box 870206, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0206 USA, 2USDA Forest Service, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, 1000 Front Street, Oxford, Mississippi 38655 USA
3:45 (45) Species and size selective predation of freshwater mussels on the Buffalo National River, Arkansas.
R.L. Lawson1, M.W. Matthews1, F.D. Usrey2, S. Hodges2, and A.D. Christian1. 1Arkansas State University, Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 599, State University, Arkansas 72467, 2Buffalo National River, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Harrison, Arkansas 72601
4:00 (46) Assessment and evaluation of native freshwater mussel assemblages of the Buffalo National River.
M.W. Matthews1, F.D. Usrey2, S. Hodges2, S.E.S. Seagraves1, and A.D. Christian1. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas, 72467, 2Buffalo National River, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Harrison, Arkansas 72601
4:15 (47) Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Lamine River basin, Missouri.
S.E. McMurray and J.S. Faiman. Missouri Department of Conservation, Resource Science Center, 1110 S. College Ave., Columbia, Missouri 65202
4:30 (48) The use of micro-satellite analysis to determine paternity in freshwater mussels.
A.M. Smith1, J. Loutsch1, E.M. Monroe2, and A.D. Christian1. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, P.O. Box 599. State University, Arkansas 72467, 2Department of Zoology, Miami University, Pearson Hall, Oxford, Ohio 45056.
4:45 (49) Freshwater mussels: species roles, ecosystem services and conservation.
C.C. Vaughn, D.E. Spooner, H.S. Galbraith, K.L. Reagan, and D.M. Allen. Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA 73019
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