Propagation and monitoring of freshwater mussels released into the Clinch and Powell rivers, Virginia and Tennessee

Propagation and monitoring of freshwater mussels released into the Clinch and Powell rivers, Virginia and Tennessee

Freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in the United States have experienced dramatic declines, and 25% species are listed as federally endangered. Hence, recovery plans for endangered species proposed a strategy of propagation of young mussels for release to natal rivers to augment declining populations. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hua, Dan
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Science
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
Subjects:
Freshwater mussel
endangered species
propagation
culture
release
Split-plot design
recirculating system
survival rate
detection probability
growth rate
mark-recapture
PIT tag
hierarchic model
Bayesian
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51755

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51755

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