Evaluation of Relocation of Unionid Mussels to in Situ
Refugia

Cope, W. Gregory; Hove, Mark C.; Waller, Diane L.; Hornbach, Daniel J.; Bartsch, Michelle R.; Cunningham, Louise; Dunn, Heidi; Kapuscinski, Anne R.

doi:10.1093/mollus/69.1.27

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“…Survival probability for Q. houstonensis also was high (> 0.85) for both resident and transplant treatments, but there was a significant difference between treatments, and unlike A. plicata , the size of the effect was larger (0.12), which might indicate that translocation had an adverse effect on this species. Cope et al () found that Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831), pimpleback, a species closely related to Q. houstonensis (Serb, Buhay, & Lydeard, ), had high survival rates (~80%) 3 years after translocation in the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA. Studies by Havlik (), Dunn et al (), Cope et al () and Peck et al () have similarly reported high survival rates for other species of mussel translocated across sites.…”

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“…Two sites within the lower San Saba River, which are part of a larger ongoing study in the river, were selected for translocation based on the following criteria: (1) population and assemblage characteristics (i.e. abundance, species richness and evidence of recent recruitment) and suitable mussel refugia (Cope et al, ; Dunn et al, ). Population and assemblage characteristics were determined from unpublished survey data.…”

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“…Resident treatment groups were used as controls to compare mussel response variables with transplant treatment groups, and transplant treatment groups consisted of mussels translocated either from Site 1 → Site 2 or Site 2 → Site 1 (Table ). Each treatment group consisted of five replicates of eight individuals per species (40 mussels) and were studied at the sites using randomized, nested block design, whereby each replicate was assigned randomly to 1 m 2 subplots (blocks) within 16 or 25 m 2 plots (following Cope et al, ). Densities within plots were kept at 8 mussels m −2 , which was twice that of natural densities in the lower San Saba River (4.5 mussels m −2 ; unpublished data).…”

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Effects of translocation on survival and growth of freshwater mussels within a West Gulf Coastal Plain river system

Tsakiris

Randklev²,

Blair

et al. 2017

Aquatic Conservation

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Human‐mediated threats have led to the rapid decline of species inhabiting freshwater ecosystems, and among the groups most affected are freshwater mussels of the family Unionidae. As a result, species translocation is increasingly used in conservation programmes, yet experimental evidence documenting the success of this strategy is limited. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of translocation on survival probability, shell growth and body condition of a state‐threatened (Quadrula houstonensis) and common (Amblema plicata) species of freshwater mussel in the San Saba River, located in a West Gulf Coastal Plain river system, USA. Survival probability estimated from a joint live and dead encounter model was high (> 0.85) and varied by treatment for both species. However, differences in survival probability between resident and transplant treatments were relatively small for A. plicata (0.01) and Q. houstonensis (0.12). Generalized additive mixed models of yearly proportional growth and linear mixed models of Fulton's K index for A. plicata varied by treatment and were lower in transplant treatments. Shell growth of Q. houstonensis was unaffected by translocation; whereas, Fulton's K was higher in the transplant treatment. Methods used to translocate mussels were important factors leading to high survival and limited impacts to shell growth and body condition in this study. Differences in shell growth rate between treatments are attributed to possible differences in habitat quality between sites. Our results demonstrate that A. plicata and Q. houstonensis are tolerant of translocation, despite the broad assumption that translocation is detrimental to mussels. Thus, there is a continuing need to study species' responses to translocation to test and improve the ecological soundness of this strategy, particularly because climate change and other human stressors will exacerbate the need to implement conservation measures such as translocation in future decades.

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Effects of translocation on survival and growth of freshwater mussels within a West Gulf Coastal Plain river system

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“…With the possible exception of the Mississippi River, all mussels were obtained from relatively uncontaminated and rural areas. All mussels used in the present study were transported or shipped to the Aquatic Toxicology Lab at North Carolina State University using methods of Cope et al [24]. Upon arrival at the laboratory, all mussels were acclimated to reconstituted soft water [25] over 24 h, and maintained at 18 to 208C for at least 24 h prior to beginning any experiments to ensure that spawning or release of glochidia during experiments was not a result of handling or transport stress.…”

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Environmental occurrence and reproductive effects of the pharmaceutical fluoxetine in native freshwater mussels

Bringolf

Heltsley

Newton

et al. 2010

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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The present study measured the occurrence, distribution, and bioaccumulation of fluoxetine in samples of water, polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS), sediment, and caged freshwater mussels at stream sites near a municipal wastewater treatment facility effluent discharge. We assessed the relation of the environmental concentrations to reproductive endpoints in mussels in acute laboratory tests. Concentrations of fluoxetine in water and POCIS samples were similar (<20% difference) within each site and were greatest in the effluent channel (104-119 ng/L), and decreased at 50 m and 100 m downstream. Likewise, concentrations of fluoxetine in sediment and mussel (Elliptio complanata) tissue were greatest in the effluent channel (17.4 ng/g wet wt for sediment and 79.1 ng/g wet wt for mussels). In 96-h lab tests, fluoxetine significantly induced parturition of nonviable larvae from female E. complanata exposed to 300 microg/L (p = 0.0118) and 3,000 microg/L (p < 0.0001) compared to controls. Fluoxetine exposure at 300 microg/L (p = 0.0075) and 3,000 microg/L (p = 0.0001) also resulted in stimulation of lure display behavior in female Lampsilis fasciola and Lampsilis cardium, respectively. In male E. complanata, 3,000 microg fluoxetine/L significantly induced release of spermatozeugmata during a 48-h exposure. These results suggest that fluoxetine accumulates in mussel tissue and has the potential to disrupt several aspects of reproduction in freshwater mussels, a faunal group recognized as one of the most imperiled in the world. Despite the disparity between measured environmental concentrations of fluoxetine and effects concentrations in our short-term tests with these long-lived animals, additional tests are warranted to evaluate the effects of long-term exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations and critical lifestages (e.g., juveniles).

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“…Substrate preference may be age related, although the natural distribution of mussels may be complicated by other factors that influence their growth or survival (Downing et al, 2000). Important among these factors is the need for flow refuges for mussels (Di Maio and Corkum, 1997;Cope et al, 2003). Strayer and Ralley (1993) found little consistency in the relationship between mussels and a granulometric description of microhabitat, and recommended the addition of geomorphic characteristics in quantitative microhabitat analysis.…”

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The role of geomorphology in substratum patch selection by freshwater mussels in the Hawkesbury–Nepean River (New South Wales) Australia

Brainwood

Burgin

Byrne

2008

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ABSTRACT1. Microhabitat preferences of freshwater mussels and associated substrate characteristics were investigated across a range of geomorphic reaches in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Australia.2. The structure of substratum patches available was strongly influenced by geomorphic reach type. In each reach type, mussel distribution was most frequently correlated with coarse sand and a roughness element characteristic for that reach. Roughness elements such as boulders and cobbles create a flow refuge and were linked with mussel size.3. Small mussels tended to be associated with boulder-stabilized habitats and medium sized mussels with cobble habitats. Large mussels rarely co-occurred with any particular roughness element. Individual species were strongly linked to geomorphic reach type. This association may be due to species' differences in ability to colonize available microhabitat types.4. The highly tolerant Velesunio ambiguus dominated shale reaches, characterized by fine sediments and human impacts. In contrast, Hyridella depressa dominated in gorges, utilizing small flow refuges among boulders, while H. australis were present in low densities across a range of substrate conditions. 5. The persistence of multispecies assemblages in mussel beds throughout the Hawkesbury-Nepean River implies similar niche utilization among species. Partitioning of habitats across species on the basis of size suggests some degree of habitat selection, or differential survival. At the local scale, microhabitat characteristics influenced the size distribution and densities of mussel assemblages. Continuing declines in mussel densities are likely to result from ongoing channel modification and increased siltation resulting from changes to riparian vegetation.

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Evaluation of Relocation of Unionid Mussels to in Situ Refugia

Cited by 39 publications

References 29 publications

Effects of translocation on survival and growth of freshwater mussels within a West Gulf Coastal Plain river system

Effects of translocation on survival and growth of freshwater mussels within a West Gulf Coastal Plain river system

Environmental occurrence and reproductive effects of the pharmaceutical fluoxetine in native freshwater mussels

The role of geomorphology in substratum patch selection by freshwater mussels in the Hawkesbury–Nepean River (New South Wales) Australia

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