Monday, May 18, 2009: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Vandenberg A
Special Session - Freshwater Mussel Conservation: Pathways for Recovery in the Great Lakes Basin I
Freshwater mussels (unionids) have experienced significant declines in the Great Lakes Basin. The unionids in the region (50+ species) continue to endure invasive species, acute toxic contaminants, chronic effects of agriculture, habitat alteration, and urbanization. This special session will bring together researchers from the Great Lakes Basin and beyond to speak on the conservation status, ecology, toxicology, and genetics of these important sentinels of the benthic community. The state of conservation science and knowledge on unionids has expanded greatly since the invasion of dreissenid mussels. As such, this session will give rise to discussion of synergistic basin-wide strategies for the recovery of species and habitats.
Moderators:Dave Zanatta
Daelyn Woolnough
1:30 PM32Genetic diversity in Lampsilis siliquoidea across Lake Erie's tributaries
Robert A. Krebs, Tamara Medeiros, W. Calvin Borden
1:45 PM33Range-wide phylogeography of two Quadrula species: Common features and contrasts
Todd D. Levine, Joseph P. Carney, Alan D. Christian, Janice L. Metcalfe-Smith, Nancy Benight, David J. Berg
2:00 PM34Populations of the fluted-shell mussel (Lasmigona costata) from the Ohio River and Lake Erie watersheds reveal Pleistocene isolation of two lineages and colonization of current locations from multiple glacial refugia
Emy M. Monroe, Curt L. Elderkin, Jessica Hoisington-Lopez, Janice L. Metcalfe-Smith, David J. Berg
2:15 PM35Incongruent genetic population structure between a unionid and its host fish
Dave Zanatta, Chris Wilson
2:30 PM36New windows into the secret lives of unionids: Parentage analysis of glochidia
Chris Wilson, Heather S. Galbraith, Kristyne M. Wozney, Dave Zanatta
2:45 PM37Hitching a ride and going with the flow – dispersal of unionid mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Astrid N. Schwalb, Josef D. Ackerman
3:00 PM38Can fish help in unionid recovery? Predicting unionid populations based on fish distribution in Ontario rivers
Daelyn Woolnough
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