Past and future patterns of freshwater mussel extinctions in North America during the Holocene

Life history traits and abundance can predict local colonisation and extinction rates of freshwater mussels

“…Darters occupy smaller streams than the large, migratory gar and drum discussed previously. In this study, high local extinction rates associated with darters probably reflect increasing isolation of fish host populations, as small tributaries become isolated from one another by the construction of dams on the larger river connecting them (Haag, 2009).…”

The process domains concept as a framework for fish and mussel habitat in a coastal plain river of southeastern North America

“…Southeastern North America harbors the most diverse temperate freshwater fish (Warren et al, 2000) and mussel (Bivalvia: Unionacea) fauna in the world (Strayer, [ 5 _ T D $ D I F F ] 2008;Haag, 2012). These taxa are at risk of population decline and extinction, primarily due to habitat degradation and flow regime modifications associated with land cover changes, the construction of dams, and channelization (Poole and Downing, 2004;Jelks et al, 2008;Haag, 2009).…”

Sampling to redundancy in an applied zooarchaeology: A case study from a freshwater shell ring in the Mississippi Delta, southeastern USA

“…For example, freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae, Margaritiferidae) shells are a common constituent of the archeological record throughout much of the United States. Despite being historically diverse and abundant, these animals are currently acknowledged as one of the world's most imperiled faunal groups (Bogan, 2008;Grabarkiewicz and Davis, 2008;Haag, 2009;Lydeard et al, 2004;Machtinger, 2007;Neves et al, 1997). Archeological mussel remains from waterways where modern biological surveys have not been carried out, or where previous historical data are limited in scope, can be very useful in an applied sense, as data obtained from shell-bearing sites can be used to establish pre-industrial ranges and expected natural proportions of species in river systems now extensively altered by impoundment and pollution (Mitchell and Peacock, 2014;Peacock, 2000Peacock, , 2002Peacock and Chapman, 2001;Peacock and Mistak, 2008;Peacock et al, 2014;Randklev and Lundeen, 2012).…”