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Mussel Species
Rare northeastern species, including dwarf wedgemussel, brook floater, triangle floater, yellow lampmussel, pocketbook, tidewater mucket, fragile papershell, pink heelsplitter, creek heelsplitter, fluted shell, cylindrical papershell, creeper, eastern pondmussel, black sandshell, giant floater, eastern pearlshell.
Experience with all other common species. |
Services Provided
- Sampling protocols and study designs for different species, habitats, and objectives
- SCUBA and snorkel surveys by biologists trained to find and identify mussels underwater
- Expertise in all aquatic habitats, from small streams to large rivers and lakes
- Habitat assessments
- Qualitative surveys and inventories
- Quantitative surveys (population size estimation)
- Relocation projects
- Tagging and recapture studies
- Long-term monitoring studies
- Environmental impact studies
- Data analysis, presentation, and reporting
- Develop management plans and assist with Section 7 consultation
- Maintain state and federal permits to survey and possess endangered species
- Pre-approved for studies on the federally endangered dwarf wedgemussel by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and all state agencies in the Northeast
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Example Projects
- Effects of Seasonal Docks, Recreation, and Shoreline Development on Freshwater Mussels in Coastal Plain Ponds of Massachusetts
- Statewide Surveys of Endangered and Threatened Freshwater Mussels in Connecticut
- Status, Habitat, and Conservation of the Brook Floater in New England
- Long-term Quantitative Studies of the Dwarf Wedgemussel Population in the Ashuelot River Downstream of the Surry Flood Control Dam
- Survey and Relocation of the Tidewater Mucket and Yellow Lampmussel Prior to Dredging Operations in the Connecticut River at the NRG Middletown Power Station
- Freshwater Mussel Survey in the Shetucket River for the Scotland Hydroelectric Project
- Survey and Relocation of State-listed Freshwater Mussels Prior to Replacement of the Route 4 Bridge Over the Farmington River
- Distribution, Threats, and Conservation of the Dwarf Wedgemussel in the Middle and Northern Macrosites of the Upper Connecticut River
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