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

Physiology corrupts geochemical records of mollusk shells in many ways, eg, by actively
controlling the incorporation of trace elements in the skeleton. However, the effects of …

Combined effects of temperature and a toxic metal, cadmium (Cd), on energy metabolism
were studied in a model marine bivalve, the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, acclimated …

Freshwater is an essential resource for human life; however, its future availability is of
ongoing concern due to the impacts of climate change, industry, and population pressures …

In 1998, a strategy document outlining the most pressing issues facing the conservation of
freshwater mussels was published. Beginning in 2011, the Freshwater Mollusk …

Bivalve shells act as unique skeletal diaries. They can provide precisely dated,
unprecedented ultra high-resolution (daily, seasonal, annual) records of life history traits, as …

For circumpolar species, little is known on how somatic growth rates can vary at large,
transcontinental spatial scales. In this study, a meta‐analysis of growth rates was conducted …

By means of a monitoring experiment in two rivers in the Netherlands, we establish a
relationship between seasonally resolved growth rates in unionid freshwater bivalves and …

Mussel shells are potential bioarchives of proxies for changes in the physicochemical
conditions in the bivalve's habitat. One such proxy is the distribution of rare earths and …

While the elemental chemistry of marine mollusk shells contains valuable environmental
information, extending these interpretations to freshwater bivalve shells may be problematic …