Population assessment and potential functional roles of native mussels in the Upper Mississippi River

Sensitivity to aerial exposure: potentia

Sensitivity to aerial exposure: potential of system-wide drawdowns to manage zebra mussels in the Mississippi River

✍ Tucker, John K. ;Theiling, Charles H. ;Janzen, Fredric J. ;Paukstis, Gary L. 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 123 KB

We report the results of ®ve experiments performed during periods of lowered river water level in Pool 26 of the Mississippi River. Four experiments compared survivorship of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and unionid mussels (Unionidae). Under mild spring conditions (March), survivorship of ze