The 2007 Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society was held in Little Rock, Arkansas March 13-15 with the theme Directions in Freshwater Mollusk Conservation: Molecules to Ecosystems, proceeded by a one-day FMCS sponsored workshop on Habitat Restoration on Monday March 12. 

 

2007 Symposium Details

 

2007 Symposium Committee


2007 Awards Photos


2007 Symposium Pictures
Peabody motel and surroundings
Mussel habitat workshop, pre-meeting mixer
Symposium, Day 1 -  registration, plenary session, 'Propagation' Committe meeting, poster session/pre-raffle

  Day 2 -  presentations, committe meetings, banquet, business meeting, raffle
  Day 3 -  presentations, field trips - Saline River canoe trip, White River boat trip

 

2007 WORKSHOP AND SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE (download pdf, 8K)

 

Sunday, 11 March 2007

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm: Registration

7:00 pm to 11:59 pm: Workshop Welcome Reception

 

Monday, 12 March 2007

7:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration

8:00 am to 12:00 pm: Workshop

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm: Lunch Provided

1:30 pm to 5:00 pm: Workshop

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm: Board Meeting

5:00 pm: Dinner on your own

7:00 pm to 11:59 pm: Symposium Welcome Reception, Bluegrass Band: Runaway Planet

 

Tuesday, 13 March 2007

7:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration

8:00 am to 11:45 am: Welcome and Plenary Session

11:45 am to 1:00 pm: Lunch Provided at Committee Meetings

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Plenary Session

5:00 pm: Dinner on you own

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm: Poster Session and Social

 

Wednesday, 14 March 2007

7:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration

8:00 am to 9:40 am: Platform Session 1A & B

9:40 am to 10 am: Break

10:00 am to 12:00 pm: Platform Session 2A& B

12:00 pm to 1:40 pm: Lunch provided at Committee Meetings

1:40 pm to 3:20 pm: Platform Session 3A & B

3:20 pm to 3:40 pm: Break

3:40 pm to 5:20 pm: Platform Session 4A& B

6:00 pm: Banquet and Social

 

Thursday, 15 March 2007

7:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration

8:00 to 9:40 am: Platform Session 5A & B

9:40 am to 10 am: Break

10:00 am to 12:00 pm: Platform Session 6A& B

12:00 pm to 1:40 pm: Lunch, on your own

1:40 pm to 3:20 pm: Platform Session 7A & B

3:20 pm to 3:40 pm: Break

3:40 pm to 5:00 pm: Platform Session 8A& B

5:00 pm: End of Meeting

 

Friday, 16 March 2007

Saline River Field Trip (if minimums met)

White River Field Trip (if minimums met)

 

 

Habitat Restoration Workshop

Monday (3/12/2007), 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

 

Workshop #

HABITAT RESTORATION WORKSHOP

 

WS 01

 

DEFINING WHAT A "MUSSEL BED" IS: PARAMETERS, TOOLS, MEAUREMENTS OF SUCCESS

Heidi Dunn. Ecological Specialists, Inc., 1417 Hoff Industrial Court, O’Fallon, MO 63366.

WS 02

 

 

Ohio River Basin Mussel Habitat Initiative (OHBMHI)

Catherine Gatenby and Matthew Patterson, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery, 400 E. Main Street, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986.

WS 03

 

 

THE INDICATORS OF HYDROLOGIC ALTERATION (IHA): SOFTWARE FOR UNDERSTANDING HYDROLOGIC CHANGES IN ECOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT TERMS

Tom FitzHugh, The Nature Conservancy, 120 East Union Ave., #221. Olympia, WA 98501.

WS 04

 

 

 

 

 

MODELING UNIONID HABITAT IN A LARGE RIVER: APPROACHES AND CRITICAL DATA NEEDS

Steve J. Zigler1, Teresa J. Newton1, Jeff J. Steuer2, and Yenory Morales3. 1USGS, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI;  2USGS, Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, WI; 3School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.

WS 05

 

 

 

ECOHYDRAULICS AND FRESHWATER MUSSEL AGGREGATE LOCATIONS IN LARGE RIVER SYSTEMS: EMPERICAL EVIDENCE OF THE REFUGIA CONCEPT AND PROMISING RESEARCH AREAS.

Andrew J. Peck1 John, L. Harris2, and Alan D. Christian1,2 Arkansas State University,1Department of Environmental Sciences, 2Department of Biological Sciences State University AR 72401

WS 06

 

INSTREAM FLOW REQUIREMENTS OF MUSSELS

J. B. Layzer,U.S. Geological Survey, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505

WS 07

 

ROSGEN STREAM RESTORATION TECHNIQUES AND MUSSEL HABITAT

Janet L. Clayton and Danny A. Bennett.  West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV 26241.

WS 08

 

 

WATER QUALITY AND STREAM RESTORATION EFFORTS:  IMPLICATIONS FOR FRESHWATER MUSSELS

W.Gregory Cope.  North Carolina State University, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Box 7633, Raleigh, NC 27695.

WS 09

 

 

HABITAT REQUIREMENTS FOR HOST FISH OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS

Daelyn A. Woolnough1, Teresa J. Newton2, and John A. Downing3. 1Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9J7B8 Canada, 2USGS, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI 54603 USA, 3Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA.

WS 10

 

 

 

 

FRESHWATER MUSSEL RECOVERY IN THE DUCK RIVER, TENNESSEE FOLLOWING HYDROLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE FOR INCREASED MINIMUM FLOWS AND OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS FROM WATER RELEASES AT TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) NORMANDY DAM RESERVOIR

Steven A. Ahlstedt1, Edwin M. Scott2, and Paul D. Johnson3. 1P. O. Box 460, Norris, TN 37828; 2Tennessee Valley Authority, Heritage Program, Knoxville, TN 37901; 3Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, Marion, AL 36756.

 

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Plenary Session

Directions in Mollusk Conservation: Molecules to Ecosystems

A plenary session opened the meeting to provide a summary of current knowledge and directions for the future of freshwater mollusk conservation, covering eight major topic areas and a presentation on the Society's strategy. This plenary session is timely, as the Society is currently redrafting its primary guidance document, and has been chosen to help set the tone for the next 5 to 10 years of research and conservation.

 

PLENARY #

PLENARY SESSION:TUESDAY (3/13) 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

 

 

PLENARY SESSION I – 8:30 to 10:00 am

PE 01

 

 

 

FRESHWATER BIVALVE (UNIONIFORMES) DIVERSITY, SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION: STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Arthur E. Bogan1 and Kevin J. Roe2. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Lab, 4301 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh NC 27607, 2Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

PE 02

 

LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES OF UNIONOID MUSSELS  

M.C. Barnhart1, G.T. Watters2  1Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897; 2Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43212

 

 

PLENARY SESSION II - Tuesday (3/13) 10:15 am to 11:45 am

PE 03

 

 

 

A STAGE-BASED MODEL TO INVESTIGATE LINKAGES BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC AND GENETIC FEATURES OF UNIONID POPULATIONS 

David J. Berg1, James A. Stoeckel2,
 D. Levine2, and K. Douglas Blodgett3.  Department of Zoology, Miami University, 1Hamilton, OH 45011 or 2Oxford, OH 45056; 3The Nature Conservancy, Illinois River Project Office at Emiquon, Lewiston, IL 61542

PE 04

 

 

COMMUNITY AND FOODWEB ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS

Caryn C. Vaughn1, S. Jerrine Nichols2, and Daniel E. Spooner1.  1Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019;  2U.S. Geological Survey. Ann Arbor MI, 48105. 

 

 

PLENARY SESSION III – 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

PE 05

 

 

 

USING LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND FRESHWATER MUSSEL POPULATIONS

Teresa J. Newton1, Daelyn A. Woolnough2, and David L. Strayer3.  1USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI 54603; 2Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8 Canada; 3Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545

PE 06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRESHWATER MUSSEL ECOSYTEM ECOLOGY:  THE INTEGRATED FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF WATER QUALITY, POLLUTION, AND PHYSICAL HABITAT IN SUPPORTING ADULT AND EARLY LIFE STAGES OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS AND THEIR ROLE IN NUTREINT RECYCLING

W.G. Cope1, A.D. Christian2, R.B. Bringolf1, N. Wang3, T.J. Newton4, J.L. Farris2, T. Augspurger5, F.J. Dwyer6, M.C. Barnhart7, R.J. Neves8, E. Hammer9, and C.G. Ingersoll3.  1North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7633; 2Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467; 3U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, MO 65201; 4U.S. Geological Survey, La Crosse, WI 54603; 5U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Raleigh, NC 27636-3726; 6U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Columbia, MO 65201; 7Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897; 8Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0321; 9U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL 60604-3590.

 

 

PLENARY SESSION IV – 2:45 pm to 5:00 pm

PE 07

 

 

 

DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION NEEDS FOR FRESHWATER MUSSEL CONSERVATION

Richard J. Neves1 and Heidi Dunn2 .1Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061; 2Ecological Specialists, Inc., 1417 Hoff Industrial Court, O’fallon, MO 63366

PE 08

 

 

 

 

FRESHWATER GASTROPOD ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION DIRECTIONS

Kathryn E. Perez1, Russell L. Minton2, Kenneth M. Brown3, Jeffrey D. Sides4, Steven J. Lysne5. 1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. 2Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209. 3Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. 4Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294. 5U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Boise, ID 83709.

PE 09

 

 

 

A New National Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Strategy for Conservation of Native Freshwater Mollusks.
Rachel C. Muir1 and Robert M. Anderson2.. 1U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Mailstop 131 National Center, Reston, VA 20102,  2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,  Pennsylvania Ecological Services Field Office, State College, PA, 16801.

 

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CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS

The conference was rounded out by contributed oral and poster presentations by mollusc and conservation research, industry, agency, and NGO stakeholders on Wednesday and Thursday, 14 and 15 March 2007.

 

Platform #

SESSION 1A: Evolution and Systematics

Wednesday (3/14) 8:00 to 9:40 am

PL 01

CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW POPULATIONS OF THE ENDANGERED WINGED MAPLELEAF, QUADRULA FRAGOSA  Amanda H. Hemmingsen and Jeanne M. Serb.  Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010.   STUDENT

PL 02

WHATÕS IN A NAME? A PRELIMINARY PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE GENUS VILLOSA USING MITOCHONDRIAL AND NUCLEAR DNA     Kody F. Kuehnl1 and G. Thomas Watters2.  1 The Aquatic Ecology Lab, 2 Museum of Biological Diversity, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212.   STUDENT

PL 03

CRYPTIC BIODIVERSITY AND PHYLOGENETICS OF THE WIDE-RANGING FRESHWATER MUSSEL GENUS ELLIPTIO IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA    Michael M. Gangloff1, Lynn M. Siefferman2, David C. Campbell3, and Kenneth M. Halanych4.  1Auburn University Museum and Natural History Learning Center, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5407, 2Department of Biology, Jordan Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, 3Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Box 870345, Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0345 4Department of Biological Sciences, 101 Rouse Life Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849-5407.

PL 04

CENTRAL GULF TOXOLASMA: BIG DIVERSITY IN LITTLE MUSSELS.  David Campbell, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

PL 05

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF ELIMIA POTOSIENSIS (CAENOGASTROPODA: PLEUROCERIDAE) FROM THE INTERIOR HIGHLANDS   David M. Hayes1,2, Russell L. Minton3. 1Department of Biological Sciences and 2Environmental Sciences Program, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467; 3Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209    STUDENT

 

 

 

SESSION 1B: Life History & Population Biology/Ecology

Wednesday (3/14) 8:00 to 9:40 am

PL 06

Quadrula metanevra glochidia metamorphose on select minnows Andrea Crownhart1, Bernard Sietman1, Mark Hove2 and Nissa Rudh   1Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155; and 2University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108.  STUDENT

PL 07

HOST FISH DETERMINATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CANADA K.M. McNichols, G.L. Mackie, and J.D. Ackerman.  Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1     STUDENT

PL 08

The Use of Micro-satellite Analysis to Determine Paternity in Freshwater Mussels.  Allison M. Smith1, Emy Monroe2, Jeannette Loutsch3, Dave Berg2 and Alan D. Christian1,3 Arkansas State University. 1Department of Environmental Science, State University, Arkansas 72467.  2Department of Zoology, Miami University, Pearson Hall, Oxford, Ohio 45056. 1Department of Biological Sciences, State University, Arkansas 72467.   STUDENT

PL 09

AN EXAMINATION OF FEED QUANTITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RIFFLESHELL MUSSELS (EPIOBLASMA SPP.) HELD AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY, WEST VIRG