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Freshwater mollusk sampling along the southern I-294 corridor.

Douglass, Sarah A.; Phillips, Christopher A.; Dreslik, Michael J.

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Title
Freshwater mollusk sampling along the southern I-294 corridor.
Author(s)
  • Douglass, Sarah A.
  • Phillips, Christopher A.
  • Dreslik, Michael J.
Issue Date
2016-01-15
Keyword(s)
Freshwater Mussels, Mollusks, Streams, Chicago, Urbanization, Illinois Toll Highway Authority
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
Sampled 8 sites at 6 stream crossings• Spent 13.5 person-hours surveying (average of 2.3 mussels collected/hr)• Encountered 31 live individuals of 3 mussel species• Only 2 of the 8 sites had mussels• Recorded the following species:▷Giant Floater, Pyganodon grandis (n=29, 94%), most common▷Paper Pondshell, Utterbackia imbecillus (n=1, 3%)▷Lilliput, Toxolasma parvum (n=1, 3%)▷One native snail, Liver Elimia, Elimia livescens, was abundant in Salt Creek• Invasive Asian Clams, Corbicula fluminea, were common at sites▷Upstream reach of I-294 to Bemis Woods littered with relict shells of native unionids
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Technical Report INHS 2016 (05)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90077
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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