Clam Chronicles – 2005
An account of activities associated with efforts to propagate and repatriate Lampsilis higginsii in the Mississippi River, Minnesota Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
(1.5 MB) 2005
Mike Davis, Minnesota DNR |
Freshwater Mussels of Minnesota: A Plan for Controlled Propagation, Reintroduction and Augmentation within the Mississippi River from St. Anthony Falls to Lake Pepin
Mike Davis, Minnesota DNR
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
(384 KB) March 2005 |
Status of Implementation of Higgins Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higgins) Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives and Reasonable and Prudent Measures, and Winged Mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa) Reasonable and Prudent Measures
Mussel Coordination Team
(1.9 MB) November 2005 |
Distribution and Density of Zebra Mussel Veligers at Sites in the Upper Mississippi River System and its Major Tributaries, 2004
Mark D. Farr and Mark D. Antwine
(226 KB) July 2005
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Environmental Laboratory
Vicksburg, Mississippi
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Host Fish Identification and Early Life Thermal Requirements for the Federal Endangered Winged Mapleleaf Mussel
(2.6 MB) September 2005
Mark Steingraeber and Teresa Newton
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center
La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Winged Mapleleaf Mussel Early Life History Investigations Conducted by the U.S. Department of the Interior in FY 2004
(565 KB) April 2005
Mark Steingraeber, Michelle Bartsch, John Kalas, Teresa Newton
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Upper Midwest Environmental
Science Center
La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Fish Lines: Mussel Recovery Underway Upper Mississippi River -A Partnership in Action
(1.5 MB) Vol. 3, No. 3 2005
Region 3 - Great Lakes/
Leadership in Conserving, Enhancing,
Aquatic Ecosystems
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Final Report: Mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) survey of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Corridor, 2000-01
(5.1 MB) July 2002
Dan Kelner and Mike Davis
Minnesota Department
Services Division
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Conservation Plan for Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System
(1.1 MB) May 2004
Mussel Ad Hoc Committee
of the
Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee
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Higgins Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)
Recovery Plan: First Revision
(3.0 MB) May 2004
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Great Lakes/Big Rivers Region
Ft. Snelling, Minnesota |
Annual Report: Quantitative Assessment of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha, Pallas, 1771)in the Lower St. Croix River at Native Mussels Beds
(368 KB) December 2004
National Park Service, St. Croix National Scenic Riverway St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin |
Final Biological Opinion for the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway System Navigation Feasibility Study
(1.1 MB) August 2004
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rock Island Field Office, Rock Island, Illinois Marion Suboffice, Marion, Illinois Twin Cities Field Office, Bloomington, Minnesota |
Lampsilis higginsii recovery project Genoa National Fish Hatchery
(323 KB) January 2004
Roger Gordon and Tony Brady
Genoa National Fish Hatchery
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Genetic variability and geographic structure of
Lampsilis higginsii mussels in the
upper Mississippi River and tributaries
(318 KB) September 2004
Bonnie Bowen |
Mississippi River Between the Missouri River and Minneapolis, 9-Foot Channel Project -
Measures for Managing Zebra Mussels
Reconnaissance Report
(1.5 MB) August 2003
St. Paul District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Measures
for Managing Zebra Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River
Navigation System:
Federal Interest Assessment
(82 KB) May 2003
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Paul District
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Saving
the Higgins'’ Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginisii) from
Extinction:
2002 Status Report on the Accomplishments of the Mussel Coordination Team
(5.6 MB) April 2003
Mussel Coordination Team
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Landscape Analysis
of Freshwater Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Teresa Newton, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center,
2003 |
Progress
Report on Genetic Study of Lampsilis higginsii
(222
KB) February 2003
Bonnie Bowen
Iowa State University
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2003
Action Plan for
the Lower St. Croix River
(104 KB) May
2003
St. Croix Zebra Mussel Task Force |
Fish
Host Identification for Glochidia of the Endangered Winged
Mapleleaf Mussel (Quadrula fragosa) at the Upper
Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
(24 KB) February 2003
Pam Thiel
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dr. Teresa Newton
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center |
UMR
Mussel Species Distribution
(135 KB) 2003
Dan Kelner
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Paul District |
Definite
Project Report and Environmental Assessment for Relocation
Plan for the Endangered Higgins’ Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis
higginsii), Upper Mississippi river and Tributaries,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois
(2.5 MB) July 2002
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mussel Coordination Team
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Propagation
and Restoration of
Higgins' Eye Pearlymussels in the
Upper
Mississippi River Basin:
Partnership Efforts and Achievements
in 2000-2001
(2.9 MB) June 2002
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fishery Resource Office
Onalaska, Wisconsin
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Propagation
of the Federally Endangered Higgins’ eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis
higginsii) at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery as a
Survival Strategy
(571 KB) October 2000
Kurt Welke
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Todd Turner, Roger Gordon,
Valerie Hyde, Pam Thiel
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Native
Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System
(376
KB) July 2000
Marian Havlik and Jennifer Sauer
Upper Midwest
Environmental Science Center
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Biological
Opinion for the
Operation and Maintenance of the 9-Foot Navigation
Channel on the Upper Mississippi River System
(571 KB) April 2000
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
A
Strategic Plan for the Management of the
Freshwater Mussel
Resource of the Upper Mississippi River
(15.9 MB) 1987
Mussel Management Committee - Fish Technical Section
Upper Mississippi Conservation Committee
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