The threat of climate change to freshwater pearl mussel populations

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Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-46

  Hastie, Lee C ^a   Cosgrove, Peter J ^b   Ellis, Noranne ^c   Gaywood, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Cairngorms Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFALL;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MARGARITIFERA; MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 0037324776     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.1.40     Document Type: Article

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51. The views expressed in this paper are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect the position of their organizations. The article is dedicated to our colleagues in the UK and elsewhere who have, in different ways, contributed significantly to the protection and conservation management of endangered freshwater mussel species all over the world. Phil Boon (Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh), Mark Young (University of Aberdeen) and others have worked hard over the years to ensure that M. margaritifera has a future in Scotland. James Butler (Wester Ross Fishery Trust) and Ross Gardiner (Scottish Fisheries Research Service) kindly provided information on the effects of climate change on wild salmonid host populations in Scotland.
52. First submitted 5 Dec. 2001. Accepted for publication after revision 15 Feb. 2002.