2019
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3216
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Is Pseudanodonta complanata the most vulnerable of widespread European species of unionids? An intense stress test leading to a massive die‐off

Abstract: This article reports a large‐scale die‐off of approximately one‐third of the unionid mussels inhabiting a shallow, naturally eutrophic, floodplain lake (Zalew Pińczowski), which took place within the space of just a few days. Mortality was the highest in Pseudanodonta complanata (81%), followed by Unio pictorum (58%), Anodonta cygnea (26%), Unio tumidus (15%), and Anodonta anatina (5%). It was significantly related to mussel size (age) only in A. cygnea, with the mortality rate higher in smaller (young) mussel… Show more

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“…The species is listed as Near Threatened by both the European (Cuttelod et al, 2011 ) and Great Britain (Seddon et al, 2014 ) Red Lists and is a Priority Species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BRIG, 2007 ). Studies elsewhere in Europe have shown that P. complanata can be more strongly affected than other unionids by environmental stressors (Ćmiel et al, 2019 ) and invasive zebra mussels (Ożgo et al, 2020 ), and may be among the first species to be extirpated from communities (Lewandowski & Kołodziejczyk, 2014 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The species is listed as Near Threatened by both the European (Cuttelod et al, 2011 ) and Great Britain (Seddon et al, 2014 ) Red Lists and is a Priority Species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BRIG, 2007 ). Studies elsewhere in Europe have shown that P. complanata can be more strongly affected than other unionids by environmental stressors (Ćmiel et al, 2019 ) and invasive zebra mussels (Ożgo et al, 2020 ), and may be among the first species to be extirpated from communities (Lewandowski & Kołodziejczyk, 2014 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The distribution range of P. complanata is the smallest among the European Anodontini and is greatly overlapped with the two Anodonta species [15,16]. Populations of depressed river mussel were recorded across Europe from the British Isles to the Volga River basin [15,[17][18][19]. This mussel is one of the 16 European species listed under the risk categories in the IUCN Red List [20] and legally protected at national levels [16,17,21].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The depressed river mussel inhabits a narrow range of suitable habitats in lotic environments, including lowland and mountainous rivers, large drains, and canals [22]. P. complanata is also reported as a bivalve species that is highly sensitive to unfavorable conditions such as habitat disturbance [18] or alien species invasions [19] and it disappears first from mussel communities [23].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Depressed River Mussel (Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)) is a freshwater bivalve species with the distribution range extending across Europe from the British Isles to the Volga River basin (Bolotov et al, 2020;Ćmiel et al, 2019;Mcivor & Aldridge, 2007;Ożgo et al, 2020). This mussel is currently listed as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List (Van Damme, 2019) and legally protected at national levels in some European countries (Mcivor & Aldridge, 2007;Zając, 2009).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%