Monitoring freshwater mussels in the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Davis M. 2004. Monitoring freshwater mussels in the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. Great Lakes Network Reports. GLKN/2004/02. Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Network. Ashland, Wisconsin
In 2000 and 2001, a survey of the Unionid mussel resources within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA) was completed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. A mussel community recovering from decades of water quality degradation was documented and recommendations were made in the final project report for long-term monitoring of the mussel fauna. This project addresses these recommendations by adding three quantitative monitoring sites in three of the six reaches listed in the report and expands the data set acquired during the initial study by establishing additional timed searches in the Lower Pool 2 reach.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Davis, Mike
- Date of Issue
- 2004
- Publisher
- Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Network
- Units
- GLKN , MISS
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Distribution (Biodiversity), Dreissena, invertebrate inventory, Lampsilis, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Mussel, Presence (Biodiversity), Taxa List Only