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FIGURE 2 Mean substrate instability values among the two relocation...
FIGURE 3 Parameter estimates for recapture probability over time for...
FIGURE 4 Mean yearly proportional growth rate (a and b) and mean...
Effects of translocation on survival and growth of freshwater mussels within a West Gulf Coastal Plain river system
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  • Aug 2017
Human-mediated threats have led to the rapid decline of species inhabiting freshwater ecosystems, and among the groups most affected are freshwater mussels of the family Unionidae. As a result, species translocation is increasingly used in conservation programmes, yet experimental evidence documenting the success of this strategy is limited. The go...
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... Although translocation is potentially an important tool for reducing extirpation/extinction risk, there remain practical questions about the effects on transported mussels. For example, it is well known that relocating mussels to suitable habitat using appropriate handling techniques can improve survival of relocated populations (Hamilton, Brim Box & Dorazio, 1997;Chen, Heath & Neves, 2001;Cope et al., 2003;Tsakiris et al., 2017). However, there are cases in which suitable habitat is selected but low survivorship still occurs (Dunn, Sietman & Kelner, 1999;Tsakiris, 2016;Stodola, Stodola & Tiemann, 2017). ...
Reference: A cautionary tale about translocating mussels and implications for conservation: A case study from two river basins in central Texas
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... First, the geographic range of F. mitchelli is now restricted to the Guadalupe drainage. To date, stronghold subpopulations for this species occur primarily in the lower Guadalupe downstream of Gonzales, Texas (Randklev, Tsakiris, Howells, et al., 2013;, and no live records of F. mitchelli in the upper Guadalupe have been reported (Figure 6; Fig. S1). Second, historical records indicate F. iheringi has always been restricted to streams in the Brazos and Colorado river drainages flowing along the Blackland Prairie and Edwards Plateau, and not those in the coastal plain ( Figure 6). ...
Reference: Resolving species boundaries in the critically imperiled freshwater mussel species, Fusconaia mitchelli (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
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