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Specimen Collection, Preparation and Preservation
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Publications on the Regional Fauna
Clench, W. and H. Russell 1940. Freshwater shells of New Hampshire. Nautilus 54:52-3.
Cordeiro, J.R. 2000. Status of the tidewater mucket, Leptodea ochracea (Say, 1817), in
Halfway Pond, Massachusetts. Nautilus 114(2):80-83.
Fichtel, C. and D.G. Smith 1995. The freshwater mussels of Vermont. Montpelier:
Leahy Press.
Harman, W.N. 1970. New distribution records and ecological notes on central New York
Unionacea. The American Midland Naturalist 84(1):46-58.
____________. 1982. Pictorial keys to the aquatic mollusks of the upper Susquehanna.
Occasional Papers of the Biological Field Station, State University of New York
at Oneonta 9:1-13.
Harman, W.N. and C.O. Berg 1970. Fresh-water mollusca of the Finger Lakes region
of New York. The Ohio Journal of Science 70(3):146-50.
Harman, W.N. and J.L. Forn 1970. Fifty years of change in the molluscan fauna
of Oneida Lake, New York. Limnology and Oceanography, 15(3):454-460.
Johnson, R.I. 1970. The systematics and zoogeography of the Unionidae (Mollusca:
Bivalvia) of the southern Atlantic slope region. Bulletin of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 140(6):263-449.
Martin, S.M. 1997. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Maine. Northeastern
Naturalist 4(1);1-34.
__________. 1998. Freshwater fingernail and pea clams (Bivalvia: Veneroida:
Sphaeriidae) of Maine. Northeastern Naturalist 5(1):29-60.
Nedeau, E.J., M.A. McCollouth, B.I. Swartz 2000. The freshwater mussels of Maine.
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Smith, D.G. 1995. Keys to the freshwater macroinvertebrates of Massachusetts. 2d.
ed. Massachusetts: D.G. Smith.
Strayer, D. 1987. Ecology and zoogeography of the freshwater mollusks of the
Hudson River Basin. Malacological Review 20:1-68.
Strayer, D.L., N.F. Caraco, J.J. Cole, S. Findlay, and M.L. Pace 1999. Transformation
of freshwater ecosystems by bivalves: a case history of zebra mussels in the Hudson
River. BioScience 49:9-27.
Strayer, D.L. and A.R. Fetterman 1999. Changes in the distribution of freshwater
mussels (Unionidae) in the upper Susquehanna River basin, 1955-1997. American
Midland Naturalist 142:328-39.
Strayer, D.L. and J. Ralley 1991. The freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) of
the upper Delaware River drainage. American Malacological Bulletin 9:21-5.
Strayer, D.L. and K.J. Jirka 1997. The pearly mussels of New York state. Albany:
New York State Education Department.
Strayer, D.L., K.J. Jirka, and K.J. Schneider 1991. Recent collections of freshwater
mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from western New York. Walkerana 5:63-72.
Watters, G.T. 1995. A guide to the freshwater mussels of Ohio. 3d. ed. Columbus:
Ohio Division of Wildlife.
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Web Resources
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk_links/uniopeoplelist.html
List of mussel researchers and their addresses
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk/systematicresearch.html
Address and listing of systematic research collections (recent and fossil Mollusca)
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk_links/museumlist.html
Kevin Cummings' page at the Illinois Natural History Survey; useful information,
including a directory of people who work on freshwater mussels, and
links to major mollusk collections
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/zebra.mussel/
NAS: National Aquatic Nuisance Species Zebra Mussel Resources page
http://erato.acnatsci.org/ams/
AMS: American Malacological Society. Leading professional organization of
mollusk researchers and enthusiasts
http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/
COA: Conchologists of America. Professional organization of shell collectors
and amateur researchers
http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/coaclubs.html
A list of shell clubs and malacological organizations
http://courses.smsu.edu/mcb095f/gallery/
Photos of pearly mussels, from Chris Bamhardt at Southwest Missouri State Univ.
http://www.benthos.org
NABS: North American Benthological Association. Lots of useful resources, including
an important list of links to other sites dealing with freshwater invertebrates
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/musselmanual/index.html
Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest- Utterbackia imbecillis
http://www.nps.gov/miss/features/mussels/index
Mississippi National River and Recreational Area - Mississippi River Mussels
http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/f078.htm
Freshwater Mussels in the Lake Huron-Lake Erie Corridor
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/wilddiv/swg/animallist.html
Preliminary list of species of greatest conservation need in New York state
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/non-game.htm
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources. Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species
and Natural Communities in Richland County, Wisconsin
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