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The Other Clams: Native Freshwater Species in California
Jeanette Howard
Annual 2010 IEP WorkshopMay 26, 2010
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Non-native mussels in the news
Klondike Lake boat ban aims to keep
mussel at bay
May 19, 2009 | Margot Roosevelt and
Louis Sahagun
There's an uproar over the infamous
freshwater quagga mussel at Klondike
Lake, one of the few patches of water in
the sprawling Owens Valley open to
motorized recreation.
Tiny creatures, big problems for
reservoirs
February 22, 2008 | Pete Thomas
It's a spring-like morning at Lake Casitas
and bass anglers sense that any day now
the quarry they're so passionate about
will begin to rise and aggressively feed.
FEATURED ARTICLES
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
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Greatest diversity in North America
Highly endangered
Links with salmonids and other fishes
Relatively stationary – continuously record environment
Long-lived - (> 100 years)
Provide link between pelagic and benthic environments
Often largest biomass in benthic environment
Why are NATIVE mussels interesting?
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North American Mollusk Fauna
Most diverse freshwater molluscan fauna in the WORLD
Gastropoda Bivalvia Total
Families 14 5 19
Genera 85 58 143
Species 601 344 945
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Species at risk by group
Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States. 2000. Edited by Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner, and Jonathan S. Adams for The Nature Conservancy and Association for Biodiversity Information
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Lonely on the Western Frontier
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Williams & Neves 1995
Conservation Status
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Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.
Photograph by Clifton Adams, 1931, National Geographic Society
Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.
Freshwater mussel shells historically made into mother of pearl buttons
Commercial Use
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Western-ridged musselGonidea angulata
FloaterAnodonta sp.
Western pearlshellMargaritifera falcata
Western Species
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Currently recognized Western Species:
Anodonta beringiana – Yukon floater (Middendorff 1851)
Anodonta californiensis - California floater (I. Lea 1852)
Anodonta dejecta - Woebegone floater (Lewis, 1875)
Anodonta kennerlyi - Western floater (I. Lea 1860)
Anodonta nuttalliana - Winged floater (I. Lea 1838)
Anodonta oregonensis – Oregon floater (I. Lea, 1838)
Gonidea angulata – Western ridged mussel (I. Lea 1838)
Margaritifera falcata – Western pearlshell (Gould, 1850)
(Based on Turgeon et al., 1998. Names of Mollusks)
Diversity
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Freshwater Mussel Life Cycle
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Lampsilis subangulata – Shinyrayed pocketbookDescribed by Isaac Lea in 1840Super conglutinate lure discovered in 1994
4ft. long3” long
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What they do:
• Improve water quality
• Act as conveyer belts – transport nutrients from water column to benthos
• Influence macroinvertebrate community
• Stabilize substrate
Overview: functional role in ecosystem
What is potentially lost as their numbers decline?
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Develop understanding of distribution, species diversity and abundance of freshwater mussels at historical sites throughout California.
Current Project Objectives
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Museum CollectionsSmithsonian (Washington DC)Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia)California Academy of Sciences (SF)
Published and gray literature records
Methods: Historical Distribution
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Methods: Current Status
Field Surveys:• Snorkel• Scuba• Timed searches• At least 5 geomorphic units
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Results: Historical Records
400 total historical records (pre 1995):• 152 Cal Academy, San Francisco• 53 Smithsonian, Washington DC• 40 Academy of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia• 153 Published• 2 Personal communcation
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Results: Historical Records
400 total historical records yet only 114 separate historical collection sites (multiple records from individual sites)
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Results: Historical Records
Oldest records:
Date Data Source Species Location
1877 Smithsonian Anodontanuttaliana
Sierra Valley
1892 Cal Academy Anodontawahlamatensis
Mountain Lake, SanFrancisco
1897 Cal Academy Gonideaangulata
Russian River near Wall Springs near Forestville
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Results: Historical Sites
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Results: Historical Sites
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Results: Historical sites Delta region
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Results: Field Surveys
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Results: Field Surveys
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Results: Field Surveys Delta region
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Results
Historical Sites
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Results
Historical Sites Current Sites Surveyed
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Results
Historical Sites Current Sites Surveyed
Mussels Found
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Recap
400 historical records of mussels in CA (35 records too general to find sample rivers/sites)
114 historical sites
104 sites surveyed, including 59 historical locations
Mussels founds at 50% of sites (n=54)
Declining abundance at historical sites
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Thank You
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