Interested in monitoring #FreshwaterMussels? Want to track individuals over time? Check out our paper “PIT tag application in native freshwater mussels: case studies across small, medium & large rivers” as we share experiences of what worked / didn't when tagging mussels
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This Unsung Aquatic Hero Could Get a Big Boost From Dam Removals
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#News #USNews #Climate #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Animals #Wildlife #Mussels #FreshwaterMussels #Dams #DamRemoval
www.yahoo.com/news/article... #alleghenyriver #cleanwater #freshwater #freshwatermussels #goodforbusiness #liversoftheriver #mussels #ohioriver #rivers #worldriversday
So cool to see the freshwater mussel habitat model and map by Shiva Torabian from Virginia Natural Heritage Program @ Society for Conservation GIS meeting out of Joe Weber's GIS lab with VADCR
#VANHP #SCGIS #SCGIS2025 #FRESHWATERMUSSELS #USFWS #NCTCWV @deepseadawn.bsky.social @scgis.bsky.social
…so that when we walk through the world we don’t have to avert our eyes with shame, so that we can hold our heads up high and receive the respectful acknowledgment of the rest of the earth’s beings.” #FMCS2025 #freshwatermussels
Photo of a dissertation nailed to a plank. The dissertation is titled "Ecosystem Engineering by Freshwater Mussels: Effects on macroinvertebrate communities, decomposition processes and fish behaviour".
A picture of me nailing my dissertation.
Nailed it! (In Sweden, grad students nail their dissertations to a plank 3 weeks before the defence).
#freshwatermussels #Unionida
Proud friend & colleague moment - @jhhartman.bsky.social received the 2025 Women of Fisheries Gives Back Award!!
Jordan is a @prairieresearch.bsky.social PostDoc in our genomics lab. She & I have collaborated on projects focusing on conservation of #FreshwaterMussels, #BandedKillifish & #Lampreys
Just added more mugs to my inventory on Etsy! Make sure to get yours before they sell out again! 🐚🦪
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#FreshwaterMussels
A New Year means new ways to think about #FreshwaterMollusks. Here is an interesting story about #FreshwaterMussels being used to control the local supply systems in Europe...
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A white ceramic mug with the words North American Freshwater mussels. This side has illustrations of a pistolgrip, pink heelsplitter, and deertoe
A white ceramic mug with illustrations of a fatmucket, deertoe, and mapleleaf
A white ceramic mug with illustrations of a threeridge, mapleleaf, and pimpleback
I am determined for freshwater mussels to get the spotlight they deserve! So, I’m so excited to introduce my Freshwater Mussel Mug, featuring 7 species in all their beautiful, unique glory!
#Freshwatermussels #SciArt #NatureArt 🌿🌎🐚
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Can I be added please? Our group collected fishes & #FreshwaterMussels in the Iquitos, Peru and Altamira, Brazil areas.
Here's a paper from one of those projects:
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Did you know...
Black Bullheads, like other catfishes, are an important host for the reproduction of #FreshwaterMussels?
Check it out...
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Photo credit Scott Faiman (MDC)... and yes, it's a Channel Catfish, but you get the idea
Did you know sponges can anchor themselves to #FreshwaterMussels?
We (@mussels4life.bsky.social) found an association b/w mussels & sponges in rio Xingu (Amazon basin). Trawled these critters up from 30+ meters. Mussels were likely only hard substrate for sponges
Paper - bioone.org/journals/pro...
Jimmy giving his presentation at #CMU undergrad research symposium
Dr. Nicholson opening the #CMU undergrad research symposium
Great presentation by Jimmy Haugh on shell shape and evolution of Epioblasma at the #CMU Biology undergrad research symposium.
#freshwatermussels
@freshwaterscience.bsky.social
I haven't posted about #FreshwaterMussels yet on @bsky.app so here's a summery video of a gorgeous #mussel #river in the #LakeDistrict and it's inhabitants
#Cumbria #Biodiversity #NatureRecovery #SpeciesConservation #Restoration #Bivalve #Mollusc
Hi all! Please check out our new research in Molecular Ecology where we found the divergence history of a widespread aquatic mollusk was characterized by fission-fusion cycles consistent with Pleistocene river rearrangements. #molluscmonday #freshwatermussels onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pink heelsplitter mussel enamel pin (Potamilus alatus) displayed on a white backing card with a wood slice and pin backing visible. Ideal for aquatic biology enthusiasts and collectors of nature-themed accessories
Close-up of a pink heelsplitter mussel enamel pin displayed on a circular wood slice. Perfect for nature lovers, aquatic biology enthusiasts, and collectors of unique, nature-themed accessories.
✨NEW MUSSEL PIN✨
My new Pink Heelsplitter freshwater mussel enamel pins are a realistic and stylish way to show off your love for aquatic invertebrates, nature, and freshwater conservation!
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#FreshwaterMussels #NatureArt #SmallBusiness
In the Black Bourn chalk stream upstream from Fakenham Magna, Painter's Mussel (Unio pictorum), Duck Mussel (Anodonta anatina), Wandering Snails (Ampullaceana balthica) & caddis fly larvae. #chalkstreams #WestSuffolk #freshwatermussels #molluscmonday #Suffolk #MolluskMonday
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Top row: Painter's Mussel (Unio pictorum), so called as shells were used to hold paint.
Not sure about other live freshwater mussel?
Assume oyster shell has washed out of ancient midden.
#freshwatermussels #freshwatermussel #RiverNar #Norfolk #MolluskMonday #MolluscMonday
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After yesterday‘s post about freshwater mussels in the lake, we received a few messages from people asking for a side view so they could see if they can identify the species. Let me know if any of you can tell the species. Thanks! #freshwatermussels #mussels #ontariowildlife
