North American Freshwater Mussels
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North American Freshwater Mussels

Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

North American Freshwater Mussels

Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation

About this book

This well-illustrated book highlights freshwater mussels' fabulous diversity, amazing array of often bizarre ecological adaptations and their dire conservation plight. Summarizing and synthesizing historical and contemporary information as well as original research and analysis, the book describes the diverse array of mussel life history strategies and builds a cohesive narrative culminating in the development of explicit frameworks to explain pervasive patterns in mussel ecology. The fascinating and colorful role of mussels in human society is also described in detail, including the little-known pearl button industry of the early 1900s and the wild and often violent shell harvest of the 1990s. The final chapter details humans' efforts to save these fascinating animals and gives a prognosis for the future of the North American fauna. The book provides the first comprehensive review of mussel ecology and conservation for scientists, natural resource professionals, students and natural history enthusiasts.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. NORTH AMERICAN FRESHWATER MUSSELS
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction to mussels and mussel ecology
  10. Chapter 2: Catching the mussel bug
  11. Chapter 3: Diversity and biogeography
  12. Chapter 4: Aquatic habitats and mussel assemblages
  13. Chapter 5: Host use and host infection strategies
  14. Chapter 6: These are very different animals
  15. Chapter 7: Mussel population biology
  16. Chapter 8: Putting it all together
  17. Chapter 9: Human exploitation of mussels
  18. Chapter 10: The decline of the North American mussel fauna
  19. Chapter 11: Mussel conservation
  20. Appendix A: Values for life history traits of representative North American mussel species
  21. Appendix B: Sources for mussel assemblage data
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index