A protocol for stocking hatchery reared freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 695-704

  Bolland, J D ^a   Bracken, L J ^a   Martin, R ^b   Lucas, M C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Flow; Pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.); Physicochemical; Salmonid; Sedimentation; Stocking; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HATCHERY; JUVENILE; MUSSEL CULTURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RED LIST; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SEDIMENTATION; STOCKING DENSITY; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; ESK RIVER; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 78651503261     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1139     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Bauer G. 1988. Threats to the fresh-water pearl mussel Margaritifera-margaritifera L. in central Europe. Biological Conservation 45: 239-253.
2. Bauer G. 1992. Variation in the life-span and size of the fresh-water pearl mussel. Journal of Animal Ecology 61: 425-436.
3. Beasley CR, Roberts D. 1999. Towards a strategy for the conservation of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in County Donegal, Ireland. Biological Conservation 89: 275-284.
4. Buddensiek V. 1995. The culture of juvenile fresh-water pearl mussels Margaritifera-margaritifera L. in cages---a contribution to conservation programs and the knowledge of habitat requirements. Biological Conservation 74: 33-40.
5. Buddensiek V, Engel H, Fleischauerrossing S, Wachtler K. 1993. Studies on the chemistry of interstitial water taken from defined horizons in the fine sediments of bivalve habitats in several northern German lowland waters. II: Microhabitats of Margaritifera margaritifera L., unio-crassus (Philipsson) and unio-tumidus Philipsson. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 127: 151-166.
6. Cosgrove PJ, Young MR, Hastie LC, Gaywood M, Boon PJ. 2000. The status of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera Linn. in Scotland. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 10: 197-208.
7. Cowx IG. 1994. Stocking strategies. Fisheries Management and Ecology 1: 15-30.
8. Cowx IG. 1995. Fish stock assessment---biological basis for sound ecological management. In The Ecological Basis for River Management, Harper DM, Ferguson AJD (eds). John Wiley: Chichester; 375-388.
9. Cowx IG (ed.). 1998. Stocking and Introduction of Fish. Fishing News Books, Blackwell Science: Oxford.
10. Cowx IG. 1999. An appraisal of stocking strategies in the light of developing country constraints. Fisheries Management and Ecology 6: 21-34.
11. Geist J. 2005. Conservation genetics and ecology of European freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.) PhD thesis, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany.
12. Geist J. 2010. Strategies for the conservation of endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera L.): a synthesis of conservation genetics and ecology. Hydrobiologia 644: 69-88.
13. Geist J, Auerswald K. 2007. Physicochemical stream bed characteristics and recruitment of the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera). Freshwater Biology 52: 2299-2316.
14. Geist J, Kuehn R. 2005. Genetic diversity and differentiation of central European freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.) populations: implications for conservation and management. Molecular Ecology 14: 425-439.
15. Geist J, Kuehn R. 2008. Host-parasite interactions in oligotrophic stream ecosystems: The roles of life-history strategy and ecological niche. Molecular Ecology 17: 997-1008.
16. Geist J, Porkka M, Kuehn R. 2006. The status of host fish populations and fish species richness in European freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) streams. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 16: 251-266.
17. Gittings T, O'Keefe D, Gallagher F, Finn J, O'Mahony T. 1998. Longitudinal variation in abundance of a freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera population in relation to riverine habitats. Biology and Environment---Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 98B: 171-178.
18. Hardison BS, Layzer JB. 2001. Relations between complex hydraulics and the localized distribution of mussels in three regulated rivers. Regulated Rivers---Research and Management 17: 77-84.
19. Hastie LC, Cosgrove PJ. 2002. Intensive searching for mussels in a fast-flowing river: an estimation of sampling bias. Journal of Conchology 37: 309-316.
20. Hastie LC, Young MR. 2001. Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) glochidiosis in wild and farmed salmonid stocks in Scotland. Hydrobiologia 445: 109-119.
21. Hastie LC, Young MR. 2003. Timing of spawning and glochidial release in Scottish freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) populations. Freshwater Biology 48: 2107-2117.
22. Hastie LC, Boon PJ, Young MR. 2000. Physical microhabitat requirements of freshwater pearl mussels, Margaritifera margaritifera (L.). Hydrobiologia 429: 59-71.
23. Hastie LC, Boon PJ, Young MR, Way S. 2001. The effects of a major flood on an endangered freshwater mussel population. Biological Conservation 98: 107-115.
24. Hastie LC, Cooksley SL, Scougall F, Young MR, Boon PJ, Gaywood MJ. 2003. Characterization of freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) riverine habitat using river habitat survey data. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 13: 213-224.
25. Hastie LC, Cooksley SL, Scougall F, Young MR, Boon PJ, Gaywood MJ. 2004. Applications of extensive survey techniques to describe freshwater pearl mussel distribution and macrohabitat in the River Spey, Scotland. River Research and Applications 20: 1001-1013.
26. Hoftyzer E, Ackerman JD, Morris TJ, Mackie GL. 2008. Genetic and environmental implications of reintroducing laboratory-raised unionid mussels to the wild. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1217-1229.
27. Howard JK, Cuffey KM. 2003. Freshwater mussels in a California north coast range river: occurrence, distribution, and controls. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 22: 63-77.
28. IUCN, Prepared by the IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group. 1998. Guidelines for Re-introductions. IUCN: Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK.
29. IUCN. 2007. Red list of threatened species. Available at.
30. Jarvie HP, Whitton BA, Neal C. 1998. Nitrogen and phosphorus in east coast British rivers: Speciation, sources and biological significance. Science of the Total Environment 210: 79-109.
31. Kelly MG, Whitton BA. 1998. Biological monitoring of eutrophication in rivers. Hydrobiologia 384: 55-67.
32. Layzer JB, Madison LM. 1995. Microhabitat use by freshwater mussels and recommendations for determining their instream flow needs. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 10: 329-345.
33. Legalle M, Mastrorillo S, Cereghino R. 2008. Spatial distribution patterns and causes of decline of three freshwater species with different biological traits (white-clawed crayfish, bullhead, freshwater pearl mussel): a review. Annales De Limnologie---International Journal of Limnology 44: 95-104.
34. Newton TJ, Woolnough DA, Strayer DL. 2008. Using landscape ecology to understand and manage freshwater mussel populations. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27: 424-439.
35. Oliver PG, Killeen IJ. 1996. Report on the 1995 survey of the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L., 1758). Rivers Torridge, Clun, Esk, Irt, Ehen, Rede and North Tyne. English Nature Research Report Series 162, Peterborough.
36. Osterling EM, Greenberg LA, Arvidsson BL. 2008. Relationship of biotic and abiotic factors to recruitment patterns in Margaritifera margaritifera. Biological Conservation 141: 1365-1370.
37. Outeiro A, Ondina P, Fernandez C, Amaro R, Miguel ES. 2008. Population density and age structure of the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, in two Iberian rivers. Freshwater Biology 53: 485-496.
38. Phillips JM, Russell MA, Walling DE. 2000. Time-integrated sampling of fluvial suspended sediment: a simple methodology for small catchments. Hydrological Processes 14: 2589-2602.
39. Preston SJ, Keys A, Roberts D. 2007. Culturing freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera: a breakthrough in the conservation of an endangered species. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 17: 539-549.
40. Russell MA, Walling DE, Hodgkinson RA. 2001. Suspended sediment sources in two small lowland agricultural catchments in the UK. Journal of Hydrology 252: 1-24.
41. Skinner A, Young M, Hastie L. 2003. Ecology of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel. Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers Ecology Series No. 2, English Nature: Peterborough.
42. Steuer JJ, Newton TJ, Zigler SJ. 2008. Use of complex hydraulic variables to predict the distribution and density of unionids in a side channel of the Upper Mississippi River. Hydrobiologia 610: 67-82.
43. Townsend CR. 1989. The patch dynamics concept of stream community ecology. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 8: 36-50.
44. Vaughn CC, Hakenkamp CC. 2001. The functional role of burrowing bivalves in freshwater ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 46: 1431-1446.
45. Young M, Williams J. 1983. The status and conservation of the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) in Great Britain. Biological Conservation 25: 35-52.
46. Young M, Williams J. 1984a. The reproductive biology of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera-margaritifera (Linn.) in Scotland. I. Field studies. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 99: 405-422.
47. Young M, Williams J. 1984b. The reproductive biology of the fresh-water pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linn.) in Scotland. II. Laboratory studies. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 100: 29-43.
48. Young MR, Cosgrove PJ, Hastie LC, Henniger B. 2001. A standardised method for assessing the status of freshwater mussels in clear, shallow rivers. Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 395-396.
49. Young MR, Hastie LC, Cooksley SL. 2003. Monitoring the Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera. Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers Monitoring Series No. 2, English Nature: Peterborough.
50. Ziuganov V, Zotin A, Nezlin L, Tretiakov V. 1994. The Freshwater Pearl Mussels and their Relationships with Salmonid Fish. Vniro Publishing House: Moscow.