Freshwater
Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System
Multimedia
Multimedia: Videos
Lures and other displays of some freshwater mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System
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| "Canaries of the Deep: The Plight of the Freshwater Mussel" | |
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| Copyright ©2003 Iowa Department of Natural Resources | |
| "Missing Mussels " | |
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| Copyright ©2003 Mike Cashman | |
| Into the Outdoors television series - "Out of the Blue - Higgins' eye mussel" | |
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| "What do trees, Amelia, Higgins-Eye Pearly Mussels and Bluebirds all have in common? They’re all on this week’s show! That’s right, first Jake shows us how to climb trees with the best, and how the pros save trees in trouble! Then, Amelia makes a backyard habitat your neighborhood critters will love! Then—we’ll explore some cool efforts to restore the endangered Higgins' Eye Pearly Mussel. It’s a real gem!" (requires Real Player) |
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| Copyright © 2004 Discover Mediaworks, Inc. http://www.intotheoutdoors.org/ito_sg_405_mussels.html |
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| "Pearls on the Mississippi: The Story of the Pearl Button Industry" | ||
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| "Stop Exotics - Clean Your Boat" | |
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| University of Minnesota 11 minutes Copyright ©2000 |
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| "Saving America's Pearly Mussels" | |
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| Virginia Tech | |
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| Fish lure of the Higgins' eye pearlymussel - Lampsilis higginsii | |
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| Mike Davis. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | |
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| Genoa National Fish Hatchery. 2000 |
| Glochidia
package (ovisac) of the Ouachita kidneyshell mussel Ptychobranchus occidentalis |
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| Chris Barnhart, Unio Gallery. Southwest Missouri University |
Lures and other displays of some freshwater mussels |
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| Common Name | Species | Quicktime .mov |
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| Spectaclecase | Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829) | 47 MB | 52 MB | 30 MB | |
| Winged mapleleaf | Quadrula fragosa (Conrad, 1835) | 31.8 MB | 28 MB | 25 KB | 16.5 MB |
| Pimpleback | Quadrula p. pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831) | 19 MB | 7.5 MB | 5 MB | |
| Pistolgrip | Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) | 6.4 MB | 4.3 MB | 3 MB | |
| Butterfly | Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 7.5 MB | 2.7 MB | 896 KB | 1.9 MB |
| Plain pocketbook | Lampsilis cardium (Rafinesque, 1820) | 35.1 MB | 18.9 MB | 12.3 MB | |
| Higgins' eye | Lampsilis higginisii ( I. Lea, 1857) | 6.4 MB | 3.8 MB | 29 KB | 4.5 MB |
| Fragile papershell | Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 8.3 MB | 2.6 MB | 1.6 MB | |
| Black sandshell | Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) | 9 MB | 3.9 MB | 4.7 MB | |
| Deertoe | Truncilla truncata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 10.4 MB | 3.9 MB | 976 KB | 2.8 MB |
| Purple wartyback | Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 10.2 MB | 2.9 MB | 2.9 MB | |
| Monkeyface | Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) | 25.6 MB | 13.5 MB | 10.8 MB | |
| Pink heelsplitter | Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) | 8.3 MB | 2.5 MB | 2.3 MB | |
| Mucket | Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) | 10.3 MB | 3.1 MB | 597 KB | 2.8 MB |
| Snuffbox | Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) | 633 KB | |||
| Round pigtoe | Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820) | 10.3 MB | 3.0 MB | 2.9 MB | |
| Photos/videos/divers: Mike Davis, Bernard Sietman, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Mark Endris, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Nick Rowse, Scot Yess, Tony Brady, Roger Gordon, Greg Sanders, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Byron Karns, Bob Whaley, National Park Service. | |||||
