Ecosystem services provided by freshwater mussels

CC Vaughn - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Ecosystem services are the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. Freshwater
mussels perform many important functions in aquatic ecosystems, which can in turn be …

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

M Lopes‐Lima, R Sousa, J Geist, DC Aldridge… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and
services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status …

Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities

DC Aldridge, IS Ollard, YV Bespalaya… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We identified 14 emerging and poorly understood threats and opportunities for addressing
the global conservation of freshwater mussels over the next decade. A panel of 17 …

Bivalve molluscs as biosensors of water quality: state of the art and future directions

JE Vereycken, DC Aldridge - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Biological early warning systems (BEWSs) monitor the behaviour or physiology of living
organisms as an indirect mechanism to sense local environmental changes, and have …

Declines in freshwater mussel density, size and productivity in the River Thames over the past half century

I Ollard, DC Aldridge - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A pioneering, quantitative study published in Journal of Animal Ecology in 1966 on
freshwater mussel populations in the River Thames, UK, continues to be cited extensively as …

Burrowing behavior of freshwater mussels in experimentally manipulated communities

DC Allen, CC Vaughn - Journal of the North American …, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
We experimentally manipulated mussel community structure and observed mussel
burrowing behavior in mesocosms held in a greenhouse. Vertical positions, vertical …

[PDF][PDF] Macroinvertebrate assemblages as biological indicators of pollution in a Central Himalayan River, Tawi (J&K)

KK Sharma, S Chowdhary - International Journal of Biodiversity and …, 2011 - Citeseer
Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages at sub-tropical River of Jamu, River Tawi,
corresponding to different catchment land uses, were assessed in 2008 to 2009 as …

Ecosystem engineering by mussels supports biodiversity and water clarity in a heavily polluted lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh

GW Chowdhury, A Zieritz, DC Aldridge - Freshwater Science, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Freshwater mussels (Unionida) are globally endangered but perform crucial ecosystem
services in temperate ecosystems. Their status and role in tropical regions are poorly …

Bioaccumulation and human health risk assessment of trace metals in the freshwater mussel Cristaria plicata in Dongting Lake, China

D Li, B Pan, L Chen, Y Wang, T Wang, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Trace metal contamination in water and bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms are human
health risks of increasing concern. However, the bioaccumulation of trace metals in the …

Invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana threatens native mussel reproduction by inducing cross‐resistance of host fish

SW Donrovich, K Douda… - Aquatic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of invasive alien species (IAS) on host–affiliate relationships are often subtle and
remain unnoticed or insufficiently quantified. The global decline of freshwater unionid …