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Key References

Nedeau, E.J., M.A. McCollough and B.I. Swartz. 2000. The Freshwater Mussels of Maine. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Augusta, Maine. 118 pp.

Martin, S.M. 1997b. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Maine. Northeastern Naturalist 4(1): 1-34.

Hanlon, S.D. and D.G. Smith. 1999. An attempt to detect Pyganodon fragilis (Mollusca: Unionidae) in Maine. Northeastern Naturalist 6(2): 119-132.

Kelly, M.W. 2004. Conservation genetics of two rare freshwater mussel species: The tidewater mucket (Leptodea ochracea) and the yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa). MS thesis, University of Maine, Orono.

Kelly, M.W. and J. Rhymer. 2005. Population genetic structure of a rare unionid (Lampsilis cariosa) in a recently glaciated landscape. Conservation Genetics (in press, 2005).

Williams, J.D., M.L. Warren, K.S. Cummings, J.L. Harris, and R.J. Neves. 1992. Conservation status of freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada. Fisheries 18(9): 6-22.

Bogan, A.E. 1993. Freshwater bivalve extinctions (Mollusca: Unionidae): a search for causes. American Zoologist 33: 599-609.

 


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