Newsletter of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society

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Volume 19 – Number 2 June 2017

Cover Story . . . . . . 1

Society News . . . . 2

Announcements. . . 26

Regional

Meetings . . . . . 30

Upcoming

Meetings . . . . . 33

Contributed

Articles . . . . . . 34

2016

Bibliography . . . 42

FMCS Officers . . . 75

Committee Chairs

and Co-chairs . . 76

Parting Shot . . . . . 77

Implementing the New Strategy

Heidi Dunn, FMCS President

It is an honor and privilege to be President of such

an enthusiastic group. FMCS has accomplished many

projects these past few years and new projects have

been initiated, which I hope to keep moving forward.

The committees have always been the backbone of

this Society and they have achieved many of the goals

set forth in the previous National Strategy for the

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Conservation of Freshwater Mussels. We now have a new Strategy, broadened to include all

freshwater mollusks, and some new goals and objectives for our committees to tackle. Toward

that end, now Past-president Teresa Newton tasked the committees with developing new scope

and focus statements based on the new Strategy. Within the next few months, we hope to review

those suggestions and determine if we need to revise, combine, or develop new committees to

meet the challenges set forth in the new National Strategy.

This year, we have established an ad hoc International Committee that, we hope, will work to

pull together freshwater mollusk enthusiasts from around the globe. A meeting is currently

being planned for September 2018 in Northern Italy. Our European members have invited us

to present FMCS to European malacologists to determine if they want to join our society and

how that might be structured. We also have set up an ad hoc committee that is exploring the

creation of a professional certification program which could set standards and reward

professional achievement.

This past year, we have participated in a major revision of the American Fisheries Society

publication Monetary Values of Fish and Mussel Kills. Both propagation techniques and

sampling methods for freshwater mollusks have improved considerably since the 2003 edition

of that document was published, and it has been quite a challenge working on this revision.

Although not perfect, the new edition is an improvement and we formed an ad hoc committee at

the 2017 Symposium to work on how we can improve the methods and values for the next

revision of that important book.

We have also started forming relationships with other societies that foster similar goals. We

have joined the Consortium of Aquatic Sciences (CASS) which will strengthen our position in

responding to environmental issues and give us more opportunities for outreach. That group of

societies is also working on tackling the issue of diversity within their memberships, an issue

we would like to tackle but about which we could use some guidance.

So, we have interesting tasks to work on these next few years. I would like to see our

committees become more active and include as many members as possible in accomplishing the

things they do. Unfortunately, with the new political climate in the United States, we will likely

have less political support and fewer funds to work with. But we still have a responsibility to

our molluscan friends. Fortunately, our Society is blessed with a wide range of expertise and

experience, a good knowledge base from those who have been around awhile, and a growing

contingent of young professionals and students ready to take on leadership rolls. So, let’s keep

our spirits up, our heads under water, and do the best we can with the talents and resources

we have. We can’t just clam up when we get disturbed. Keep on siphoning!

Society News

2017 Cleveland Symposium We Did It! Thank You!

Becca Winterringer and Greg Zimmerman

Cleveland Symposium Co-chairs

The Symposium Committee would like to send out a big, sincere “THANK YOU” to the

membership for making the 2017 Cleveland Symposium a resounding success!!! One of our

biggest issues was dealing with the overwhelming attendance at the Symposium and the mussel

and snail Workshops. We appreciated your patience and understanding as we worked through

the hiccups during the week. Beyond those minor issues, we’ve had overwhelmingly positive

feedback on the event in terms of content, venue, and location. This success was accomplished

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despite travel restrictions on federal and state employees and budget limitations. We know

many members bridged this gap using their personal funds and resources, and we would like

to thank those members for making it happen.

The FMCS Symposia are great opportunities

to bring together mollusk biologists,

researchers, and managers from diverse

geographical locations and backgrounds, and

the 2017 Symposium certainly did not

disappoint. Participants traveled from far and

wide to make this one of the best-attended

FMCS meetings to date. Nearly 300 members

attended the Symposium, including over 60

students. North American members hailed

from 31 of the United States and one Canadian

Province, from Maine to New Mexico, and from

Ontario to Florida. Beyond that, nearly 20

attendees traveled from abroad, representing

Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, and Sweden. The two Sunday

Workshops were met with enthusiasm; 44 attended the gastropod workshop and 33 attended

the unionid workshop.

This Symposium also featured our first-ever

student/mentor mixer. Over 35 students and

50 professionals gathered on Sunday evening,

enjoying an opportunity for students to interact

with professionals and discus what a

professional position in mollusk biology and

conservation can entail.

While we had our official symposium theme

(The Roles of Freshwater Mollusks in a

Changing Environment: Ecosystems,

Engineering, Valuation, and Practice),

communication was the consistent unofficial

focus of this meeting. At every break and at

every social event, the halls and rooms were abuzz with lively discussions. The Sunday night

welcoming reception was packed to capacity; old friendships were refreshed, new friendships

were made, and collaborations were planned. Throughout the week, we made full use of the

hospitality suite for conversations and field tales, and needed every spare room for committee

meetings and special project sessions. The food was delicious, and there was plenty to go

around. We don’t think many of us knew a box lunch could taste so good. The conference t-

shirts and hoodies were flying off the shelves, and we ordered more to keep up with demand.

We were particularly impressed by the quality and synergy of all the talks and posters. The

keynote and plenary speaker talks were especially relevant, informative, and thought provoking.

We would like to recognize each of those individuals one more time for their efforts:

• Keynote Speaker - Dr. Jeffery Reutter

• Plenary: Valuation - Mr. Tom Wilmoth

• Plenary: Ecosystems - Dr. David L. Strayer

• Plenary: Practice - Dr. Gregory Cope

• Plenary: Mollusks as Ecosystem Engineers - Dr. Timothy Hoellein

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In addition, we would like to formally recognize the panel members during our plenary

sessions for their excellent insight, comments, and questions for our speakers. As they were

not listed in the program, we wanted to recognize them here:

Monday Session: Keynote, Valuation, and Ecosystem Engineers

• Ms. Patty Morrison, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service

• Dr. Heather Galbraith, U.S. Geological

Survey

• Dr. Caryn Vaughn, University of

Oklahoma

• Dr. Lyubov Burlakova, Great Lakes

Center, Buffalo State, The State

University of New York

• Dr. Alexander Karatayev, Great Lakes

Center, Buffalo State, The State

University of New York

Tuesday: What is the Value of Mollusks in Ecosystems, and Practice

• Dr. Wendell Haag, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

• Ms. Heidi Dunn, Ecological Specialists, Inc.

• Dr. Chris Barnhart, Missouri State University

For us, hosting this Symposium was a big effort all around, with a big payoff. Some last

special acknowledgements are due to the FMCS Board, Cleveland 2017 Committee members

Dave Zanatta and Phil Mathias, Symposium Committee Chair Heidi Dunn, FMCS Treasurer

Emily Grossman, and FMCS webmaster Sophie Binder. Substantial thanks also are due to

Janet Clayton and Mark Hove for taking nearly all of the formal and informal pictures of the

Cleveland meeting presented in this issue of our newsletter.

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Candid shots from the formal sessions, auction, and casual discussions in Cleveland

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Minutes of the Spring 2017 FMCS Board Meeting

Cleveland, Ohio Sunday, March 26, 2017

In the absence of President Teresa Newton [because of an airline flight delay], the Spring

2017 FMCS Board Meeting was conducted by Heidi Dunn, President-elect, starting with a Roll

Call. In attendance were: Heidi Dunn, Emily Grossman, Janet Clayton, Patty Morrison, Greg

Cope, Jeremy Tiemann, Art Bogan, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Tyler Hern, Braven Beaty, Tom Watters,

Wendell Haag, Clint Robertson, Charles Randklev, Kentaro Inoue, Neil Ford, Ryan Schwegman,

Leroy Koch, Rachael Hoch, John Harris, Emy Monroe, Dave Berg, Greg Zimmerman, Becca

Winterringer, Gary Pandolfi, Steve McMurray, Lisie Kitchel, Megan Bradley, Nathan Eckert,

Mark Hove, Michael Hart, and Jennifer Archambault. A quorum of Board members was

determined to be present.

A motion to approve the December 8, 2016 Board Meeting Minutes (published in March 2017

Ellipsaria) was made by Greg Cope with a second by Emy Monroe. The minutes were approved

unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report – Emily Grossman

2017 Symposium update as of 3/22/17

Currently 273 people are pre-registered and we are expecting a few more as walk-ins. We are

also up to 17 sponsors (awesome!!).

Income (totals so far; note this overlaps slightly with last treasurer’s report):

• Registration: $92,181.25

• Sponsorships: $11,002 (have ~$2,000 more pledged; awaiting funds)

• Workshops: $6,060

• Field trips: $1,950

• T-shirts, etc.: $1,527

Total symposium income to date: $112,720.25

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Expenses:

• Event insurance: $300

• Deposit for poster panels: $2,460

• Deposit for Wednesday entertainment: $900

Total symposium expenses to date: $3,691

Estimated remaining expenses: ~$110,000

Bottom line: It looks like we are on track to at least break even on the symposium.

Other income and expenses: 12/1/16 – 3/22/17

Income

• Memberships: $19,240

• T-shirts, hats, etc.: $10.00

Total non-symposium income: $19,250.00

Expenses

• Allen Press/FMBC costs: $151.20

• Regional meetings: $300 (Maryland, Northeast Region, VA Atlantic Slope)

• iPad and accessories for credit card system: $459.63

• PayPal fees: $2,533.33

• Square (new CC system) fees: $358.75

• Bank fees: $24 (misc. service charges)

• Other transaction fees: $15 (eVA system)

• File 2016 1099s: $14.99

Total non-symposium expenses: $3,856.90

Current bank balance

• Checking: $135,164.27

• Savings: $125,005.94

• PayPal: $4,565.08

• Total: $264,735.29

Other items

The treasurer is currently using Intuit QuickBooks 2011 for Mac to manage the Society’s

finances. Software has not been updated as newer versions are not particularly Mac friendly.

Conversion to Windows operating systems will be conducted shortly and suggest consider

purchasing an updated version of QuickBooks for Windows once that transition happens.

QuickBooks Pro Desktop 2017 is currently priced at $199.95 (per Intuit’s website). Heidi made

a motion to approve spending up to $250 on the purchase of QuickBooks. Seconded by Braven

Beaty. All approved.

Heidi reminded the Board that FMCS had agreed to provide the balance of $40,000 for the

publishing of the AFS Monetary Values document which is to include mussels. Currently

$10,000 from UMRCC, $10,000 from Genoa National Fish Hatchery, $2500 from the Ohio River

NRDA fund have been obtained which leaves FMCS to make up the other $17,500. This was

previously voted on and we are still committed to making the payment.

Secretary’s Report – Janet Clayton

Janet stated that each of the standing committee co-chairs was sent a list of active members

who had said they wanted to be on the committee on their on-line membership profile. The

membership database is undergoing spring cleaning and lapsed members as of January 1, 2015

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were sent a final notice to rejoin by March 15 or they will be removed from the mailing list. Their

information has been moved to the archives and can always be retrieved if they re-join later.

Committee Reports

Symposium Committee

2017 Symposium in Cleveland

Becca Winterringer and Greg Zimmerman are heading up the symposium that is getting

underway. They reported some signage issues and, following some room adjustments, things

are looking good and the hotel staff has been responsive. They are using an App at the

conference center that gets staff quickly where needed. This has been very useful and highly

suggested for use at future meetings. They encouraged folks to stay through Wednesday night

as they have an amazing band lined up. They are considering offering $20 tickets to some

watershed groups to fill some seats. They are also offering a one hour open bar incentive

following dinner in order to get better participation. They had 273 pre-registrants. There was

overwhelming interest for the gastropod workshop with 44 people. Workshop instructors

permitted those on the waiting list to also attend. There was a total of 36 participants in the

mussel workshop. Extra drink tickets may be for sale at a reduced rate.

2018 Workshop

Heidi presented information on the 2018 Workshop on Diseases and Mollusks to be held in

La Crosse, Wisconsin. That March 12-15 Workshop will be spearheaded by Diane Waller and

will concentrate on freshwater mollusk health and disease assessment. Initial planning

meetings were held in January – March with Teresa Lewis and Corey Puzach, FWS Midwest

Fisheries Office in La Crosse; Megan Bradley, Genoa NFH; and Diane Waller, USGS-UMESC to

discuss potential venues for the meeting and compare costs between conference centers. Staff

from all three facilities will assist with workshop arrangements. Teresa Lewis and Ken Phillips

have offered use of Fish Health facilities and assistance of staff for the hands-on portion of the

workshop. Fish Health staff conduct a yearly course on fish disease and are experienced with

accommodating groups of people for training. Jay Levine, North Carolina State University, was

contacted and is willing to help develop the hands-on training portion of the workshop. A full

program committee has not yet been established though a few individuals have been contacted.

Other FMCS members wishing to assist should contact Megan or Diane. A list of potential

speakers and participants is underway. Several people have been contacted and are interested

in presenting. We hope to hear from FMCS with specific suggestions for the program, based on

interests and concerns from people working in propagation programs and those responding to

mussel die-offs. It is hoped the full program committee will encompass the range of viewpoints

and interests. Poster, sponsorship, and field trip committees have not yet been established;

however,; Megan Bradley offered to host tours of the Genoa NFH for the optional field trip.

2019 Symposium in Texas

Charles Randklev is heading up the 2019 Symposium and is currently looking into Austin or

San Antonio, Texas, as the meeting site. Austin will likely be at least 10 to 15% more expensive

if we have it in March which could conflict with scheduling of a local event, “South by

Southwest”. San Antonio has a lively river district and similar amenities as Austin. It won’t be

as expensive, easier to get to river walk, hotel and airport. A presentation will be given to the

membership at the business meeting. San Antonio will probably be more amenable to working

with state and federal government. Lodging at one of the nearby universities may be available

for students. Heidi suggested taking a vote following the presentation at the business meeting.

Charles also requested information on how the cash flow goes for the symposium. He would

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like some ballpark figures to know what to expect. Emily is to provide this. Becca also noted

that she would provide a list of lessons learned following the Cleveland symposium. There is

also a planning section in the Operations manual on Symposia.

2020 Workshop

Topic and location still open. Ideas that have been mentioned for this Workshops include:

• Sampling protocols, state by state with a panel discussion

• New tools, like genomics, acoustic Doppler current profiler

• Standardized sampling: are there minimum guidelines

• Water quality and toxicology- may want to check with folks in Columbia

• Snail identification and sampling

We are looking for people who would like to organize 2020 with any of the above or other

topics they think might interest the group. Anyone with ideas for future workshops and venues

for future symposia, please contact Heidi Dunn or Jeremy Tiemann.

2021 Symposium

Heidi Dunn approached the Pacific Northwest mussel group about their interest in hosting

the 2021 Symposium in either Portland or Seattle. They only have six species of freshwater

mussels but are passionate about them. The idea was discussed in their March meeting. Heidi

provided them with a link to the Symposium and Workshop guidelines in our protocol manual.

They had questions on how this would be funded, how many people would attend, and if there

was any monetary incentive to the group (share of the proceeds). The general tone of the group

was favorable but they wanted to get input from more of their members and set up a

SurveyMonkey. They plan to get results to heidi before March 26.

We have tried to encourage the Pacific Northwest group into participating in FMCS activities

before but it is hard for them to travel. They are interested in hosting and Heidi asked for any

objections. Seattle or Portland would most likely be the host city. Many Board members voiced

their approval and said it sounded great. A concern was brought forward that we might lose a

lot of participation but it was noted that the American fisheries Society has hosted in both cities

before and were some of their best-attended meetings. Heidi said that she would ask the

membership about this at the Business Meeting to determine interest in moving forward.

Awards Committee -- Emy Monroe, Greg Cope and Teresa Newton

Student Travel Awards: The Awards Committee announced and solicited applications for

student travel awards to assist students in attending this biennial symposium. Similar to past

years, travel awards were made in the form of pre-paid rooms at the symposium hotel. A total

of 29 students (3 BS, 14 MS, and 12 PhD) applied for travel awards. Based on the allotted funds

for all awards from the Society and the cost of rooms, nine student awards were presented. Of

these students, seven are earning their M.S. and two are earning their PhDs.

Best Student Platform and Poster Awards: There were 19 students that asked to have their

platform presentations judged and 19 students who asked to have their poster presentations

judged. We have secured four judges for each platform presentation and three judges for each

poster presentation. Heidi and others brought up that the line on the sample abstract asking

students if they wanted their presentation judged was left off. This needs added to the

procedures manual.

Professional Awards: The Awards committee solicited nominations and applications from the

membership for professional awards to be presented at the biennial symposium. In 2017, we

received one nomination for the William J Clench Memorial Award, one application for the

Meritorious Service Award, and three applications for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Environmental Quality and Affairs Committee -- Braven Beaty and Steve McMurray

The committee has responded to four issue topics raised by the membership since our last

biennial meeting in 2015. These response letters have addressed the following issues:

• April 26, 2016: Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service regarding freshwater mollusk impacts from the proposed Atlantic Coast and

Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline projects. The comments focused on direct impacts of

the proposed pipeline routes and construction on specific mussel species and the effects of

excess sedimentation and potential contaminants on the overall mollusk assemblages.

• April 29, 2016: Comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service regarding additional permitted mining operations in the Locust Fork drainage, Black

Warrior River system, Alabama. Comments were focused on the cumulative effects of mining

activity on mollusks, especially imperiled species, and the evidence base supporting long-

term mining effects.

• May 11, 2016: Requesting that the impacts of flow alteration on freshwater mollusks are

considered in the final EPA/USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of

Hydrologic Alteration. The draft report did not include analyses of hydrologic flow alteration

on freshwater mollusks even though they are a critical component of many freshwater

systems and play key ecological roles. The comments suggested assessing impacts from

emersion, contaminant concentration, displacement during flooding, hypoxia, hypothermia,

spawning timing, and juvenile habitat suitability. In addition, the ecosystem services

provided by freshwater mollusks were referenced.

• Feb. 5, 2017: Suggest that impacts on freshwater mollusks are considered during

development of the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Pat Harrison Waterway

District and George County Proposed Big Cedar Creek and Little Cedar Creek Dams. The

society requested that freshwater mollusk impacts from the proposed dams be included in

the EIS. Key topics to be addressed were flow alteration impacts, habitat inundation, and the

disruption of a rare free-flowing Gulf Coast Drainage river system.

In addition, we are working on a letter supporting continued/increased support of natural

history collections and the role they play on understanding mollusk resources and ecology. This

letter would be general in nature and could be used by the membership to solicit support for

their local collections curators or grant funding.

We have taken ‘baby steps’ towards drafting a template 2-page issue statement format that

could be used for outreach or support funding and policy requests by members and their

agencies/organizations. A draft example will be available on the committee’s webpage.

Heidi noted that there was a lot of key legislation out there that could undo what we have

done over the years and questioned if we needed to put some additional information out to

inform. We can’t lobby but we definitely can put forth facts on what legislation has done. Is

this something we want to do or should we stay out of the political mix? Braven thinks this is

something that we as a professional society should undertake but need commitments from other

folks to help draft. This committee does provide an outlet for individuals that work for

organizations that do not allow them to have a voice. Need to try and pick the top few issues to

start.

Genetics Committee -- Dave Berg and Curt Elderkin

We are still “recovering” from the Genetics Workshop held at NCTC in February 2016. By

the numbers: there were 73 in attendance 10 oral presentations and nine poster

presentations, six sponsors contributed a total of $7238, total income from the Workshop was

$19,763, total expenses amounted to $13,440, and we ended up with a net profit of $6323’.

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An agenda for next week’s committee meeting was prepared and includes setting priorities

for the next year.

Guidelines and Techniques Committee -- Mary McCann and Ryan Schwegman

The committee will meet on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 12:30-2:00 pm. The location will

be announced in the FMCS conference program. Anyone interested in guidelines and

techniques is encouraged to attend the meeting. We will be providing an update on the AFS

Mussel Kill Evaluation. We will also be reviewing and revising the committee’s future goals.

Mussel Survey Guidelines and Protocols The committee created and continues to maintain a

list of mussel survey guidelines and protocols organized by state or government agency. Any

new information that is available to list is welcome and should be forwarded to the committee

chairs.

Mussel Photo Guide It has been one of the committee’s goals to adopt a mussel photo guide

to post on the website. Nevin Welte of PAFBC has recently completed a guide that will be

considered. Input from Art Bogan, John Harris, and Tom Watters have also been compiled as

to what the guide should cover.

Update on Mussel Kill Evaluation The Guidelines and Techniques Committee main role in

this process was to assist in the formation of a steering committee which provided information

on mussel value estimates for the American Fisheries Society’s Investigation and Monetary

Values of Fish and Freshwater Mussel Kills publication. Further detail is provided under Old

Business (See Page 16).

Mussel Status and Distribution Committee -- Art Bogan and John Harris

J. D. Williams et al. Conservation assessment of freshwater mussels of United States, Canada

and Mexico is a revision of Williams et al. (1993). It was submitted to Freshwater Mollusk

Biology and Conservation in August 2015. Following substantive comments from the editor and

reviewers in December 2015, it was decided that the manuscript should be divided in two. The

first revised manuscript will cover taxonomy and nomenclatural issues and an update of

Turgeon et al. 1998. There have been long discussions on what to recognize and how to best

present the evidence for the multiple changes. The US and Canada mussel names manuscript

should be completed and submitted in early-mid April 2017. Art noted that there are many

name changes and if you have an objection you need to publish. Species changes need to be in

a peer-reviewed journal and the list will be up for review every two years.

After the taxonomy paper is published, or is in press, a companion version addressing

conservation status will be submitted to Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. Authors

and areas of responsibility include James D. Williams (Eastern Gulf and south Atlantic), Jayne

Brim-Box (Western US), Sarina J. Jepsen (Western US), Terry L. Myers (Southwestern US and

Mexico), Alberto Contreras-Arquieta (Mexico), Robert Howells (Western Gulf and lower

Mississippi), Charles R. Randklev (Western Gulf and adjacent states), Nathan A. Johnson (Gulf

Coast), Jeffrey T. Garner (Gulf Coast and Tennessee Basin), John L. Harris (Ozarks and central

Mississippi Basin), Kevin Cummings (Ohio Basin, upper Mississippi and Midwest), Jason M.

Wisniewski (Atlantic Coast, Georgia to North Carolina), Arthur E. Bogan (Atlantic Coast, North

Carolina north to Maine), Bob Butler (Tennessee - Cumberland + Ohio Basins), Todd Morris

(Canada). The major hurdle facing the conservation status manuscript is to devise a system to

evaluate conservation status of species across a broad geographic area. This was the most

critical comment from reviewers of the initial conservation status manuscript. The fact that

there were no well-defined methods (metrics) to support status determinations was a major

criticism. While that is a valid point, there is no simple solution. Nevertheless, we will attempt

to better standardize our techniques of evaluation to make them more compatible across the

US, Canada, and Mexico.

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Going forward, action items during the first half of 2017 for manuscript revision will include:

1) Request co-author input on a revised methodology for conservation status determinations

using the taxonomy adopted in the names manuscript, 2) Update status information for the

geographic areas of responsibility to include examination of all the state threatened and

endangered mussel lists or equivalent documents (SGCN - species of greatest conservation

need), 3) Revise and update distribution and conservation status information and complete the

text revision from the previous submission, and 4) Assuming the names manuscript has been

accepted for publication, submit the conservation manuscript to Freshwater Mollusk Biology

and Conservation.

Atlas of Freshwater Mussels of North America - 159 of the approximately 362 taxa addressed

in the Atlas have volunteer authors for species accounts. We have received 22 first draft

accounts as of March 21, 2017. External review and subsequent revisions are complete for one

species (Lasmigona costata) and the account is posted to the website. We are proceeding with

preliminary and external reviews of the remaining draft species accounts and will post those as

they are completed. Please contact Art or John if you are interested in becoming a volunteer

author for a species.

Development of Mussel ID App –Susan Oetker indicated the App was tested at the Texas

mussel identification workshops hosted by Charles Randklev in August and October 2015. The

App did not perform to our expectations or satisfaction, and we performed an extensive QA/QC

and revision to the character database during winter 2015 and spring 2016. Revisions to the

app character matrix are complete, and the development team is now reviewing and testing the

app as we continue to improve and augment the photo archive and illustrations. The team

continues to search for and solicit high quality photos to complete the North American set.

Additional funding has been received through Endangered Species Act Section 6 allocations to

the state of Texas. When the contracts are finalized, the App developer will be ready to release

a new build for peer review and testing. Art noted that the App is on hold until the new

taxonomic list comes out.

Nominations Committee -- Leroy Koch

Election of officers was held with a better voter turnout this year than in the past. Jeremy

Tiemann is new President-elect, Emily Grossman remains Treasurer, and Janet Clayton

continues as Secretary.

Outreach Committee -- Megan Bradley, Jennifer Archambault

The Outreach committee has continued to work on keeping the website updated over the past

year. We have added a section to the website where job and internship opportunities are posted.

Please continue to forward these announcements to Megan and Jennifer. As these

announcements come and go quickly they are considering moving them from the website to the

Facebook page.

We have collaborated to keep the Facebook page up to date and active, where we have over

730 followers and sometimes reach more than 2,000 people with the content we post. The

committee has worked to coordinate participation in the first FMCS student/professional mixer

on Sunday (87 signed up) and a Symposium BINGO game to award and foster engagement in

activities and with other attendees.

Heidi emphasized to all the need to keep information on our sites as up to date as possible.

Propagation, Restoration, and Re-Introduction Committee -- Rachael Hoch and Dan Hua

The Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 12:30-2:00pm. Anyone

interested in propagation and restoration is encouraged to attend the meeting. We need to look

at our goals and redefine how we are going to capture data and distribute information. Who is

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propagating what and where? We currently have over 100 members. Rachael emphasized that

this committee is now much bigger than just a propagation committee and it should be

addressed in future planning.

FMCS Mollusk Propagation and Restoration Facilities Database The committee is continuing

to maintain a propagation/stocking/relocation database. The database is active and updates

to the facility contact list have been completed. The committee plans to update the species and

restoration activities following their committee meeting in Cleveland. Any facilities actively

propagating freshwater mollusks are encouraged to contact Rachael Hoch to add their contact

information to the facilities database.

Update on the Mussel Kill Evaluation A subset of committee members is assisting the

Techniques and Guidelines Committee to provide information on mussel value estimates for the

American Fisheries Society’s Investigation and Monetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mussel

Kills publication. More detail is provided below under Old Business (See Page 16).

Information Exchange Committee -- Tom Watters, Greg Cope, and Wendell Haag

Greg Cope reported that FMBC is moving forward nicely and the transition to Allen Press is

going well. The committee has not heard of any issues from those submitting papers and

appears that a smooth process is in place. They have decided to add an additional service from

Allen Press, copy editing, which was approved at the Board meeting. This will take a lot of

pressure off the editors. Timing is on track, with March and September being the two planned

issue dates. They see a need to expand the editorial board membership and ask current

members if they want to retain editorship on their categories. Some categories do not have an

editor and they are looking to fill those. It was suggested that maybe a note on website that

they are in need of an editor in conservation, ecology and biology. Now that we have a record of

consistent issues, we can make application to be included in BioOne. Wendell has put together

a procedure for transitioning to new editors and it is ready to go into the procedures manual.

Tom noted that IUCN does not allow taxonomic changes to be made in online publications.

These need approval by Zoobank but, thus far, they have not provided any response to

questions. Wendell also noted that with most journals, editorial boards generally handle the

manuscript. Our board handles manuscripts on a regular basis within categories. Do we really

need an editorial board? Greg Cope believes they do. If the category editor gets a manuscript

in a subject that they are not really familiar with, they can go to someone on the board with that

expertise. The group needs to have some turnover to get those that are truly interested in

reviewing. Dave Berg wanted to know about getting an “impact factor” on the journal. He said

this was important for academics. Maybe consider investigating.

Gastropod Status & Distribution Committee -- Nathan Whelan and Jeremy Tiemann

The committee is leading a one day introduction to aquatic gastropods Workshop at the FMCS

meeting in Cleveland. This workshop will provide a background on the ecology of aquatic

gastropods, sampling techniques, and taxonomic skills for commonly encountered species. The

course has been well-received and over 40 people have registered for the workshop.

We also are working with the Mussels Status & Distribution Committee on reviewing and

updating our committees’ goals based on the updated National Strategy and subsequent revision

of the operations manual. While the gastropod and mussel committees are independent from

one another, we have similar goals and are attempting to have that reflected in the manual.

The Gastropod Scientific and Common Names subcommittee is continuing to work with the

Mussel Scientific and Common Names subcommittee on establishing organizational criteria for

the subcommittees (e.g., number of members, length of term, frequency of meetings), as well as

maintaining a consensus checklist of names on the FMCS website, periodically printing

checklists in Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation (FMBC), and establishing a process

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for reviewing proposed name changes. Discussions have lapsed in recent months, but we hope

to potentially resurrect them during the FMCS meeting.

Our committee is working with Sophie updating the snail pages as issues arise.

We are preparing to transition to new leadership during the 2017 FMCS meeting. Jeremy is

stepping down because of his new role as President-elect and Nathan has expressed an interest

in stepping down as co-chair too, although both will remain active in the Society at some level.

Prioritizing the Center for Biological Diversity’s snail listing package Tierra Curry of the

Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) attended our committee meeting in St. Charles, Missouri.

The committee worked with her to help CBD prioritize their list of candidate species for listing

under the Endangered Species Act. In December 2015, CBD withdrew the petitions for eight

snails: Shortspire Hornsnail, Pleurocera curta, Mud Elimia, Elimia alabamensis, Ample Elimia,

Elimia ampla, Caper Elimia, Elimia olivula, Helmet Rocksnail, Lithasia duttoniana, Compact

Elimia, Elimia showalteri, Cobble Elimia, Elimia vanuxemiana, and Smooth Mudalia, Leptoxis

virgate. In March 2016, CBD sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for failing to propose

protection for Beaverpond Marstonia (Marstonia castor). The FWS agreed to issue a final

decision on that species by September 30, 2017. Also due by September 30, 2017, are final

FWS decisions on four species of Great Basin springsnails (Bifid Duct Pyrg, Pyrgulopsis

peculiaris, Flag Pyrg, Pyrgulopsis breviloba, Hardy Pyrg, Pyrgulopsis marcida, and Lake Valley

Pyrg, Pyrgulopsis sublata) threatened by the Las Vegas water grab. FMCS was a co-petitioner

on that petition, filed in 2009. In June 2016, CBD petitioned for ESA protection for the Oblong

Rocksnail (Leptoxis compacta). They are waiting on the initial finding on that petition. In 2016,

USFWS released a five year workplan to address petitions, but left many species unscheduled.

CBD is advocating that two unscheduled snails (Corpulent hornsnail, Pleurocera corpulenta, and

Reverse Pebblesnail, Somatogyrus alcoviensis) be given higher priority in the workplan. If FWS

doesn’t add them, they won’t get a final finding before 2023 at the earliest.

Ad Hoc Committees:

Ecosystems Services ad hoc Committee -- being dissolved due to lack of interest.

International ad hoc Committee -- Art Bogan and Kevin Cummings

Members of this new committee now include: Manuel Lopes-Lima, Lyubov Burlakova, Juergen

Geist, Nicoletta Riccardi, Alexander Karatayev, John Pfeiffer III.

Purpose FMCS has realized that the Society is primarily serving members from the United

States and Canada, with only a few members from Europe. The purpose of this committee is to

explore avenues to expand the membership, share research and data with international

colleagues, develop a series of FMCS sponsored international meetings focusing on freshwater

mollusks, and foster wiser collaboration.

Goals:

1. Provide incentives for non-North American freshwater malacologists to become members of

FMCS and participate in planned activities, Symposia, publications and Workshops.

2. Hold joint international/United States meetings around the world. The first FMCS

International Freshwater Mollusk meeting is being planned for 2018 and will be held in

northern Italy. Nicoletta Riccardi will be the host. She is working with Manuel Lopes-Lima

to plan this meeting. They are currently getting together program topic and costs. The first

two international freshwater bivalve meetings, Bragança, Portugal 2012 (140 participants)

and Buffalo, NY 2015 (100 participants) were both exciting and fun with good participation.

3. Set up a subcommittee of local malacologists (e.g. initially from Europe, but to be expanded

to other continents around the world) to provide structure and communication about

resources, questions, lobbying, and collaboration. This will facilitate answering problems

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and developing techniques to address the same or similar problems encountered across

freshwater molluscan research. Europe has been chosen because of the large number of

active freshwater malacologists working in a number of countries.

4. Explore new opportunities for international collaboration with our journal and newsletter.

There is already a good variety of international contributions in each issue of Ellipsaria.

5. Encourage guest editing of special issues on specific topics, techniques or problem areas in

the FMCS journal.

Manuel (new co-chair) talked further about FMCS being international but truly only works in

the United States. There is a need for a European committee. The Board began discussing

informally about formalizing though Teresa previously noted that they could use FMCS as a

basis. We should take the Italy meeting as an opportunity to present FMCS to Europeans. They

have many problems that are completely different from the ones encountered in the United

States. So what can FMCS bring to Europeans? Art thought that being involved in South East

Asia may be a little more difficult due to difference in cultures but thinks that, if we can get

there, it can be done. The Europeans will get together to form goals. Someone from our

Executive Board should plan to go to Italy to present benefits of FMCS to them. Heidi brought

up our history of originally wanting to be international and inclusive of all mollusks. Art noted

getting a lot of questions on methods for translocations and propagation which we have a long

history of dealing with, and also the need for expanding our journal to include non-North

American papers. It was brought up of the possibility to include an international member on

editorial board or possibly produce a special issue with guest editors. Greg Cope noted that the

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) has “geographic units” that appear

to be a great way to coalesce the process. Heidi suggested we look at the SETAC model and

Dave Berg noted Society for Conservation Biology was also doing this.

Professional Development ad hoc Committee -- Becca Winterringer

Becca noted that the committee plans to revisit their action items. They have an outline of

objectives and purpose. They plan to bring them up at the Business Meeting. There are still

having some questions with American Fisheries Society certification and still looking to

produce something by the end of this year. Greg Cope asked if the committee was still going

to send a questionnaire out to total membership as to how many would be interested in it and

what the benefits would be.

Old Business

Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS) -- Jeremy Tiemann

CASS membership includes AFS, ASLO, Coastal Research Foundation, SFS, and Society for

Wetland Scientists. We are going to propose that FMCS join this group. Under CASS, these

groups come together for a single voice. As such, it becomes a letter from 22,000 scientists

rather than just 2,000 scientists. The goals of CASS are to promote scientific study, education

and outreach. They occasionally do lobby in Washington, D.C., and have a fee based on

membership. Since we are a relatively small Society, the fee would most likely not be that much.

They do have a presence on the hill. Jeremy was not sure if they have any activities currently

planned. They did send a letter to then President-elect Trump outlining who they are. They are

pushing for clean water, sustainable fish for food and recreation, repairing fractured

ecosystems, and improving lakes and streams. All six presidents of the member societies signed

it. Does FMCS want to proceed with joining CASS and look into further? Their Board meets

the 19

of every month. CASS is excited that we are interested. Heidi emphasized that they did

a lot outreach as well, and they have a really good webpage. She believes joining would be

worthwhile. Jeremy’s best guess was the membership fee would be less than $600 per year. It

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would depend on how much they need to lobby on the hill. He also voiced that it would be a

good idea because it gives us a bigger voice. Jeremy made a motion that FMCS become a

member of CASS. A second was provided by Greg Cope. Braven asked about any downsides to

joining and do we need to appoint a representative?. Jeremy is currently the FMCS liaison to

AFS and thought he would be a CASS representative and, possibly, one or both co-chairs of

Environmental Quality & Affairs committee. It was agreed that we should have at least two

representatives. The vote was unanimous to join CASS. Jeremy Tiermann and Braven Beaty

are to serve as representatives, with Steve McMurray as the alternate.

Update on AFS Monetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mussels -- Rachael Hoch

In January 2017, after two years of comments, the revised propagation cost survey was

distributed by Southwick Associates to participating freshwater mollusk propagation facilities.

The consultants have compiled the results of that survey, and a meeting will be held with the

steering committee soon to review the results and revisions to Chapter 6 of the publication. The

consultants are hoping to have a final version of the document in the next seven weeks. Notable

changes from the 2003 approach include increasing the recommended stocking and production

age to “taggable size” defined as mussels greater than 15mm in length or two years of age. Due

to limited production data on certain species, a decision was made to summarize production

costs by genus. Members of the subcommittee and the FMCS Executive Board plan to meet

during this Symposium to discuss the revisions and efforts to date. Anyone interested in the

process is welcome to attend the discussion on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 5:00-6:00pm.

Rachael noted that these values are not for endangered species and that people calculating

costs for mussel kills should first work with federal and state agencies as well as local

propagation facilities. The book provides values that can be used when better information is

not available. It was also noted that the updated species list is needed for this publication or it

will be sorely out of date immediately upon publication. Heidi brought forward that maybe the

Society needs to establish a committee to start looking at this in preparation for the next revision

so that we are not behind the 8 ball again and Rachael emphasized the need to incorporate

ecosystem services. The Board expressed great gratitude and thanks to Rachel Hoch for

taking on this daunting task.

New Business

AFS-FMCS Collaboration on Diversity Issues

Not much was presented on this. It was noted that this is also a CASS item. They are still

trying to figure out what questions to ask.

Lifetime Dues

Heidi Dunn said the Society originally thought they would wait to address this issue until the

journal was established and its associated costs could be determined. Now,we may be ready to

move forward. Jeremy noted that from other societies it appears that 2-10% of the membership

generally takes advantage of lifetime dues. Some discussion on the proposed cost was brought

forward, such as 15-25 times the annual dues or, possibly, proposing $800 for lifetime

memberships. Greg Cope said there should be some type of incentive, while Leroy Koch

suggested maybe a reduced price based on six years or the like for some of the older members.

This lead into the discussion of providing retiree rates. Rachael Hoch emphasized that, as people

retire, it is going to be hard to keep them involved and retiree rates would provide an incentive.

Much discussion ensued but no proposal or motion was brought forward.

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Other Items

Dave Berg brought up that the March for Science is on April 22, as a way for the Society to

become more active and it is not political. Rachael Hoch indicated that she liked the idea of

supporting the March. Dave Berg suggested bringing this item to the general membership

during the Business Meeting. The only thing really needed would be to put a statement on our

website supporting the March and linking to the March for Science website. We need to contact

those organizers and let them know we support them. Patty Morrison said to be sure and wear

your FMCS garb if participating in the March.

Heidi noted the committees need to make a statement of direction and goals at the general

Business Meeting.

Janet Clayton made a motion to adjourn, Rachael Hoch provided a second, and the meeting

was adjourned at 6PM.

Respectfully submitted by Janet Clayton, FMCS Secretary

Spring 2017 FMCS Business Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Cleveland, Ohio

President Teresa Newton called the meeting to order at 12:39 PM EDT. Symposium Co-chair

Greg Zimmerman made a few announcements concerning the symposium.

Emily Grossman provided a brief Treasurer’s Report. She noted that the current Symposium

had in the neighborhood of 290 registrants and was on track for breaking even, especially with

the assistance of 17 sponsors who contributed $13,000. Non-symposium income since

December 1, 2016 was approximately $19,000, and there we had approximately $3800 in

expenses, including providing funding for three regional meeting. “Money in the Bank, Life is

Good”. For a complete Treasurer’s report, please see the Spring 2017 FMCS Board Meeting

Minutes (Page 6).

Teresa thanked all the folks for their auction donations this

year and those who were liberal with their wallet contents. She

highlighted some of the Society’s accomplishments over the last

two years which included the revision of the National Strategy.

The previous version of the Strategy was published in 1998 and

provided the basis for the formation of the committees to help

meet the Society’s goals. She further noted the committees

should align with the new strategy. If anyone has comments on

this, please send them to Teresa and Heidi Dunn. This was

followed by each of the committees providing a brief oral update

on their activities.

Continuing with the highlights of the Society’s

accomplishment since 2015, Teresa noted the formation of two

ad hoc committees.

• International Committee: at the Board Meeting, this committee submitted a plan for an

international conference in northern Italy in September 2018. The co-chairs are Art Bogan

and Manuel Lopes-Lima.

• Committee for Professional Development: spearheaded by Becca Winterringer.

President Newton dissolved the National Strategy ad hoc committee due to the completion of

the revision noted above. That committee would be formed again for the next 10-year revision.

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President Newton also dissolved the Ecosystem Services ad hoc committee. The Board

supports this concept but dissolved the committee due to lack of support. No chairperson

stepped forward to take the lead.

Jennifer Archambault presented awards to the three Symposium BINGO winners: Nikki

Dennis, Kelly McNichols, and Jeremy Tiemann.

April 22 is Earth Day. Teresa brought forward that the Board was in favor of the Society

supporting the March For Science on that day. Our role would involve posting information on

the website and on Facebook. She asked for a show of support from the membership. All were

in favor.

As Chair of the Symposium Committee, Heidi Dunn presented information on the 2018

Workshop. Diane Waller and Megan Bradley will be heading this up Workshop that will be held

March 13-15, 2018, at the Radisson Hotel in La Crosse, Wisconsin. A field trip to the U.S. FWS

La Crosse Fish Health Center is also planned. [More information about this Workshop is

presented on Page 26.]

Heidi indicated that FMCS members in the Pacific Northwest were being approached about

sponsoring the Symposium in 2021. She asked the membership for a show of hands to indicate

their approval to proceed with planning for that Symposium. The idea of a Pacific Northwest

Symposium received overwhelming support.

Charles Randklev provided a presentation on the 2019

Symposium to be held in Texas. It will be called “Life on

the Edge: Reconciling River Management.” He provided

information on two locations: San Antonio and Austin. A

show of hands selected San Antonio as the preferred

location.

Jeremy Tiemann presented information on the

Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS), noting

that it had a voice of 22,000 members. He indicated that

the Board had voted to notify the membership that FMCS

would be notifying CASS as to our desire to become a

member.

Leroy Koch presented the results of our recent election. Emily Grossman and Janet Clayton

were unopposed and will be continuing as Treasurer and Secretary, respectively. Jeremy

Tiemann was elected President-elect. Leroy also extended his thanks to Todd Morris for his

willingness to step up and run for this office.

Members of the Awards Committee presented the student and professional awards (See article

on Page 19).

Passing the Viking hat has

become the traditional form of

passing the FMCS torch to the

incoming President. Especially in

recent years, each president has

added something to the hat and,

with the most recent presidents

being female, this has included the

addition of jewels (Caryn Vaughn)

and pigtails (Patty Morrison). This

time Teresa Newton added the

symbol of the Triquetra, the

symbol of female empowerment.

This symbol represents the 3-fold nature of a Goddess as a (1) maiden, (2) a mother, and (3) a

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crone. OR, in our language, it might represent the 3-fold nature of a malacologist. The newly-

embellished hat was passed to the new President, Heidi Dunn. Following Heidi’s acceptance

speech, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Janet L. Clayton, FMCS Secretary

2017 FMCS Awards Presentations

Student Awards

The Awards Committee solicited applications for student travel awards to assist students in

attending the biennial symposium. Similar to past years, travel awards were made in the form

of pre-paid rooms at the symposium hotel. A total of 29 students (3 BS, 14 MS, and 12 PhD)

applied for travel awards and, based on the allotted funds for all awards from the Society and

the cost of rooms, nine student awards were presented. Seven of these students are earning

their M.S. and two are earning their PhDs. The following students were selected to receive these

travel awards: Susan Geda (Appalachian State University), Verena Huber (Technical

University of Munich), Jennifer Morton (Texas A&M University), Anakela Popp (North Carolina

State University), Joseph Salerno (University of Guelpth), Brandon Sansom (University of

Buffalo), Mariah Scott (Central Michigan University), Leslie Sneed (Kentucky State University),

and Rebecca Tucker (Auburn University).

Best Student Platform and Poster Awards

A total of 38 student presentations required judging at the 2017 Symposium (19 platforms

and 19 posters). Each platform presentation was judged by four separate judges and each

poster was judged by three separate judges, which meant that 46 FMCS members volunteered

to get the job done! The Awards Committee thanks every member who helped us judge student

presentations—we could not present these awards without you.

The nine Student Travel Award Recipients

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The Best Student Platform Paper Award

went to Kayla Key of the University of Missouri

(co-authors Garth Lindner, Amanda

Rosenberger, and Kristen Bouska) for her talk

entitled “Hierarchical approach to mussel

conservation: from niche modeling to field

monitoring”. The honorable mention platform

award went to Ankela Popp of North Carolina

State University (co-authors W. Gregory Cope,

Monte McGregor, Leroy Koch, Thomas J. Kwak,

Tom Augspurger, and Jay F. Levine) for her talk

entitled, “Is juvenile mussel chemical

sensitivity influenced by propagation method

and age? A comparison of in vitro and in vivo

propagated juveniles”.

The Best Student Poster Award went to Mark Kugler from SUNY Cobleskill (co-authors Paul

Lord and Andrew Gascho Landis) for his poster entitled, “Populations on the brink: predictive

estimates of time since recruitment for Elliptio complanata by thin‐section aging of deceased

individuals”. The honorable mention poster award went to Steven Hein from Miami University

(co-author David Berg) for his poster entitled, “Modeling population connectivity of an imperiled

freshwater mussel, Popenaias popeii, through the use of next generation sequencing”.

Congratulations to all the fine student presentations at this year’s symposium!

Professional Awards

The Awards Committee solicited

nominations and applications from the

membership for professional awards to be

presented at the biennial symposium. In

2017, we received one nomination for the

William J Clench Memorial Award. This

year’s award went to Tim Savidge (Three

Oaks Engineering) for his 24-year non-

academic career as an aquatic ecologist and

malacologist working for various state

agencies and independent environmental

consulting firms. Tim has an extensive

knowledge of the biology, ecology, life history,

and habitat requirements of native freshwater

mussels of the southeastern US, but especially

those difficult to sample and identify taxa of

Atlantic Slope drainages.

Best Student Platform Paper Award winner

Kayla Key (center) with Honorable Mention

Platform winner Ankeka Popp (left) and Awards

Committee Presenter Eny Monroe (right).

Tim Savage (center) with members of his

nomination team.

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We received one application for the Meritorious Service Award. This year’s award went to

Steve McMurray (Missouri Department of Conservation) for his numerous years of service

directed at the conservation of

freshwater mollusks. Steve has been a

member of FMCS since the beginning,

and has assisted with or co-chaired

symposiums and workshops since

2005, and co-chairs the Environmental

Quality and Affairs Committee. Steve

has also contributed to the

conservation and advocacy of

freshwater mollusks through his work

as Missouri’s state malacologist. He

has developed a mussel conservation

plan and a propagation plan for

Missouri, conducted many basin-wide

surveys, and conducted numerous

training and educational seminars

throughout the state.

We recognized three individuals for

their lifetime achievement with

freshwater mollusks. One 2017

Lifetime Achievement Award went to

Bob Butler (U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, North Carolina) for a long

career aimed at determining the

current status and distribution of

native freshwater mussels in the

southeastern US. Bob has worked

within the Endangered Species Act

Listing and Recovery program in

Region 4 and has prepared proposed

and final rules for listing of aquatic

species and designation of critical

habitat in the eastern US. Bob also was

instrumental in creating the Tennessee

and Cumberland Mollusk Restoration

Plan, which is a model for prioritizing the recovery of critically rare species in both drainages.

The second 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award went to Dan Hornbach

(Macalester College) for a lifetime of research on fingernail clams, Asiatic

clams, gastropods, and unionids. His work on fingernail clams includes

studies on population energetics, behavior, physiology, ecology,

reproduction, taxonomy, and life history. Dan has authored or co-

authored 21 peer-reviewed papers on population dynamics, ecology,

distribution, physiology, sampling, life history, and modelling in unionids.

In addition, Dan has educated hundreds of students at Macalester College,

where he currently teaches courses on aquatic ecology and environmental

science.

Steve McMurray (center) with members of the team that

nominated him.

Bob Butler (center) with members of his nomination team.

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The third 2017 Lifetime

Achievement Award went to Patty

Morrison (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(FWS), West Virginia) for a 30-year career

as a champion of native freshwater

mussels. Patty was the first biologist

hired at the Ohio River Islands National

Wildlife Refuge and, shortly thereafter,

developed a mussel program for the

Refuge. In 2002, she received the River

Keeper Award from the Ohio River Basin

Consortium for Research and Education

in recognition of her contributions for

protection of the quality of the

environment in the Ohio River Basin.

She also received a Certificate of Special

Appreciation from the FWS for

outstanding dedication and commitment

to natural resource management and

support as Team Leader for the Ohio River Valley Ecosystem Team. Last, but not least, Patty

served as FMCS President during 2013-2014.

Summaries of Committee Meetings Held During the 2017 Symposium

Environmental Quality and Affairs Committee

The Environmental Quality and Affairs Committee (EQAC) met on Tuesday, April 28 during

the 2017 Biennial Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio, with 10 members attending. The committee

is co-chaired by Stephen McMurray, Missouri Department of Conservation, and Braven Beaty,

The Nature Conservancy. Braven gave an update on the committee’s activities since the last

symposium in St. Charles (See committee report in Board Meeting Minutes on Page __). We

discussed several topics during our meeting:

EQAC e-mail – Committee members discussed (lamented?) the general lack of knowledge

about all of the FMCS committees. To that end, the members decided to draft an e-mail that

explains that our committee is here to serve as an advocacy voice when members (or non-

members) can’t do it on their own due to employment restrictions. This e-mail is intended to be

targeted to the entire FMCS membership.

Issue Statements/Letters – It was decided to continue attempting to draft Issue Statements,

starting with the 2-3 statements we already have in process and then move to others, including

climate change (Fred Pinkney volunteered to lead this) and Outreach and Economics. Braven

and Steve will work with the authors of the existing Issue Statements to get those finalized and

out for use.

Got an Issue? – The membership also discussed proposing to work with the Outreach

Committee to develop a website link where members and the public could go to alert the

committee of possible issues, regulations, permits, etc., that the committee might want to

address.

Co-chairs – It was decided that Steve and Braven would stay on for at least one more term as

co-chairs. The members present did decide; however, that it would be beneficial to develop some

sort of rotation so that new co-chairs would replace the chair with the most tenure, therefore

ensuring continuity at the helm.

Patty Morrison (center) with members of the team that

nominated her.

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Information Exchange Committee

The committee met om March 28, 2017, in Cleveland, Ohio. Attendees were: Greg Cope, Tom

Watters, Wendell Haag, John Jenkinson, Teresa Newton, Caryn Vaughn, and David Strayer

Ellipsaria Newsletter Discussion: John Jenkinson lamented that the number of contributed

articles is declining. He wondered about inviting student platform and poster winners to post

articles about their projects in the newsletter. Caryn Vaughn pointed out that many journal

editors would reject submissions if the subject had been published elsewhere. The group

discussed strategies to solicit articles for Ellipsaria from the membership, including possibly

creating new sections in the newsletter and making a pitch for more submissions at the

Business Meeting.

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation Journal Discussion: The group discussed the

transition plans for Co-Editorship of the journal and the need to expand our Editorial Board

membership. It was decided that an announcement would be made at the Business Meeting to

ask for members who would be interested in serving on the Editorial Board to contact one of the

existing co-editors. Messages also will be sent to the existing Editorial Board Members to see if

they are willing to continue service, recommend others, or wish to rotate off. We will also be

applying to BioOne for potential inclusion in their journal holdings for library distribution.

This committee performs essential editorial functions for the Society; however, it differs from

the other standing committees because our functions do not vary from time to time and their

effectiveness could be disrupted by frequent changes in leadership. As the Executive Committee

considers adjustments in the structure of our Society associated with implementing the Revised

National Strategy, some of us suggest they consider recognizing these editorships as

Administrative Appointments from the Board and not the functions of a Standing Committee.

Mussel Status and Distribution Committee (includes updates through May 7, 2017)

The 2017 meeting of the Mussels Status and Distribution Committee was convened on March

28 at 12:30 p.m. by Art Bogan who then gave an update on the three major projects the

Committee has been working on since 2015. Details of all three of these topics are presented in

the Minutes of the Board meeting, (presented on Page 11).

1. Mussel Status Paper. The revised conservation status manuscript will be submitted to

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. Authors and areas of responsibility include:

Todd Morris (Canada), Alberto Contreras-Aquieta and Terry Myers (Mexico), Art Bogan and

Jason Wisniewski (Atlantic Coast drainages, Altamaha River, GA north to ME), Sarina Jepsen,

Jayne Brim-Box and Terry Myers (Pacific Coast drainages, AZ and CA north to Canada), Charles

Randklev, Bob Howells and Alberto Contreras-Arquieta (Western Gulf drainages, Rio Grande in

Mexico and TX east to Red River, LA), John Harris (St. Francis, White, Arkansas and Ouachita

River drainages), Steve McMurray (Missouri River drainage), Kevin Cummings (Upper

Mississippi River basin, Cairo, IL upstream including Lakes Michigan and Superior), Jim

Williams, Nate Johnson, and Jeff Garner (Eastern Gulf drainages, Lake Ponchartrain east to FL

including Atlantic drainages of peninsular FL and Satilla River), Bob Butler, Jeff Garner and

Tom Watters (Ohio River basin, including Tennessee and Cumberland drainages and U.S.

drainages of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario). Going forward, action items during the first half of

2017 for manuscript revision will include: 1) develop a revised methodology for conservation

status determinations based on the taxonomy adopted in the names manuscript.

2. Development of Mussel ID App. Revisions to the app character matrix are complete, and

the development team is reviewing and testing the app as we continue to improve and augment

the photo archive and illustrations. The team continues to search for and solicit high quality

photos to complete the North American set. Additional funding has been received through ESA

Section 6 to the state of Texas. When contracts are finalized, the App Developer will be ready to

release a new build for peer review and testing.

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3. Atlas of Freshwater Mussels of North America. Currently, 159 of the approximately 362

taxa addressed in the Atlas have volunteer authors for species accounts. We have received 22

first draft accounts. We are proceeding with preliminary and external reviews of draft species

accounts and will post them when completed. A request for additional species account authors

is made to FMCS members so that progress can continue on the Atlas.

Nominations were requested for Chairperson(s) of the Mussel Status and Distribution

Standing Committee for 2017-2019. Arthur Bogan and John Harris were elected for another 2-

year term.

Outreach Committee

We had a successful committee meeting with 15 members in attendance. We discussed the

updated National Strategy and how our committee fits in. Our mission largely supports needs

of Issue 7 (Strengthen advocacy and build support for conservation of mollusks and their

habitats), and strategies outlined within Issue 7. To focus our actions for the next 2 years, we

specifically discussed addressing Issue 7, Strategies 1 (develop a formal communication plan),

2 (tools for local decision makers (e.g., material about the National Strategy to help states

understand how their goals fit); and 3 (develop communication and outreach materials targeting

general public).

We also discussed how Outreach can partner with other FMCS committees to enhance and

aid communication (e.g., Environmental Quality and Affairs – potential to help address needs in

response to issues; Information Exchange – potentially help us disseminate and let members

know about materials as they are produced; share style guide/any templates with all committees

wishing to create materials).

Finally, we discussed continued outreach within FMCS, including updates to the website,

future student/mentor mixers, Symposium BINGO, evaluating how those activities were

received, and co-opting the journal style guide for society-wide guidance on communication

materials for a seamless brand image.

Specific tasks and goals we plan to work on in the coming year include:

• coordinating with Board to sketch and draft a communications plan as called for in the

National Strategy,

• continued website updates,

• looking into an FMCS cloud account (e.g., Google Drive) to house and curate photos, videos,

and other content that could be used across communication materials,

• creating outreach content for the public (posters, infographics, digital slide deck, one-page

fact sheets),

• outreach content for recruiting members (e.g., poster, brochure), and

• content for contextualizing the National Strategy for potential users (e.g., state agencies).

Propagation, Restoration, and Introduction Committee

The Committee met at the FMCS Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio. The room was packed with

over 50 people in attendance. The Committee reviewed and approved the 2015 FMCS

Symposium meeting minutes. Dan Hua stepped down as co-chair and the Committee elected

Nathan Eckert and Tim Lane to fill her vacancy. The current co-chairs are Rachael Hoch,

Nathan Eckert, and Tim Lane. The Committee focused on drafting goals and a new mission

statement for the next two years. The mission statement is still in discussion.

The Committee made plans to tackle four main goals in the next two years:

GOAL 1. Maintain the FMCS facilities database. The Committee agreed to continue maintaining

a database that summarizes information from freshwater mollusk propagation facilities

including contact information, species, propagation techniques, and targeted restoration

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areas. Specific actions items include making the contact information and a species summary

available on the FMCS website. The Committee committed to making the contact information

available in May 2017.

GOAL 2. Summarize and publicize protocols and best management practices through the

development and use of an integrated bibliography. The Committee identified six major

categories that needed focus: propagation, translocation and handling, quarantine and

biosecurity, health and disease, restoration planning, and genetic guidelines. Volunteers

were assigned to compile information for each category. The Committee plans to work with

other committees, such as the Genetics and Techniques and Guidelines committees, to help

build these bibliographies.

GOAL 3. Prioritize and publicize research needs. The Committee hopes to build on the

bibliography efforts to identify and prioritize research needs and publish the results of these

efforts in a white paper.

GOAL 4. Increase collaboration and outreach national and internationally.

Due to the large attendance, discussion occurred at the end of the meeting about dividing

this Committee into two separate committees: one focused on propagation, and the other on

restoration. The discussion of this topic was brief due to time constraints. A motion was made

to discuss creating an ad hoc committee focused on dam removal and/or restoration to the

Executive Committee. The group plans to revisit this discussion in the next Committee meeting.

International ad hoc Committee

The committee met in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 2017. Co-Chairs: Arthur E. Bogan and

Manuel Lopes-Lima.

We reviewed the draft purpose of the Committee and the four goals set out in the report to

the FMCS Board. Kevin Cummings stepped down as co-chair of the committee. An election was

held and Arthur Bogan and Manuel Lopes-Lima were elected co-chairs for the next two years.

We noted the first FMCS International Freshwater Mollusk meeting is being planned for

September 2018 and will be held in northern Italy. Nicoletta Riccardi is the host. She is working

with Manuel Lopes-Lima to plan this meeting. The first two international freshwater bivalve

meetings, Bragança, Portugal 2012, and Buffalo, New York 2015, were both exciting with good

participation.

We are working to develop an international subcommittee of local malacologists, e.g. initially

from Europe, but to be expanded to other continents around the world to provide structure and

communication about resources, questions, lobbying and collaboration. This will facilitate

answering problems and developing techniques to address the same or similar problems

encountered across freshwater molluscan research. Europe has been chosen for the test case

because of the large number of active freshwater malacologists working in different countries.

We are encouraging our international members to continue to contribute to our newsletter,

Ellipsaria. The editors of Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation would like to encourage

guest editing of special issue on specific topics, techniques or problem areas.

Professional Development Ad hoc Committee

The Committee met on March 28, 2017. In Attendance were: Becca Winterringer – co-chair,

Amanda Rosenberger – co-chair, Todd Morris, Greg Zimmerman, Janet Clayton, and Heidi

Dunn.

Becca provided an overview of the purpose of the Professional Development ad-hoc

Committee to the group and reviewed action items from the last call. The group had open

discussion related to:

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• Program development and administration

• Integrate elements of existing programs (e.g.: AFS, TWS)

• Discussed the criteria; considering AFS Certified professionals already have a level of

certification that may not warrant as much review.

• How the committee may establish a review panel for applicants

• Setting up a Survey Monkey to the membership for interest and elements that the Program

should consider

• Fee structure (how to implement, how funds would be used)

• Identify maintenance costs

Action Items:

• Draft criteria, Draft Purpose and Objective, and Define Implementation

• Develop Survey to membership – Greg Z to draft

• Amanda R to talk with Steve McMillin of Virginia Tech on how AFS certification works and

get his input on FMCS setting up a similar program

Announcements

2018 FMCS Workshop

Freshwater Mollusk Health and Disease Assessment

La Crosse, Wisconsin March 12-15, 2018

Health assessment and diseases of freshwater mollusks are important concerns for

propagation, relocation, and conservation programs. The 2018 FMCS Workshop will provide

background on disease organisms and their transmission. This Workshop also will include

information on mussel health assessment tools, sampling procedures for health assessments, a

case study of a mussel die-off, and a laboratory session covering necropsy, sample collection

and examination, and histology. The Workshop will be accompanied by a poster session and

mixers to encourage discussion among participants, and an optional field trip to the mussel

propagation facility at Genoa National Fish Hatchery.

More details about this Workshop and how to register will be posted on the FMCS website

and in future issues of Ellipsaria. If you would like to assist in the planning for this Workshop

or have questions about its scope or content, please contact Diane Waller ([email protected]) or

Megan Bradley (megan_br[email protected]).

New Publication Available

McMurray, S. E., J. S. Fairman, and A. C. Buchanan. 2017. Distribution and status of the freshwater

mussel fauna of the Salt River basin, Missouri. Great Plains Research, 12:21-33.

Abstract—We quantitatively surveyed freshwater mussels in the Salt River basin, Missouri, during

1977— 86 and 2005— 7. A cumulative sample of 6,234 live individuals representing 31 species was

recorded during both periods; six additional species were recorded only as shell material. Amblema plicata

was the dominant species recorded, representing 31.3% of the total live animals. There were no significant

differences in average species richness, Brillouin’s index values, or relative abundances of the tribes

amblemini-pleurobemini-quadrulini between the two surveys. The most notable change was the complete

loss of the mussel fauna in the South Fork Salt River. We also observed significantly higher probabilities

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of local extirpation in the mainstem Salt River, North Fork Salt River, Middle Fork Salt River, and South

Fork Salt River. At the tribe level, the amblemini had a higher probability of local colonization and the

lampsilini had a higher probability of local extirpation.

Reprints of this paper are available from Stephen.mcMurr[email protected]

Another Recent Publication Available

Beaume, N., Pasco, P.Y., Ribeiro, M., Dury, P., Rostagnat, L. and Beaufils, B. 2016. Freshwater Pearl

Mussel Conservation in the Rivers of Brittany and Normandy: LIFE+ Nature «Freshwater Pearl Mussel

Conservation in the Armorican Massif, 2010–2016. Bretagne Vivante / CPIE des Collines / FDPPMA

29 / SIAES / PNRNM. Brest. 72 p.

Introduction

The European freshwater pearl mussel conservation programme was launched on 1 September 2010

and continued for 6 years, ending on 31 August 2016. The goal of the programme as it was rolled out in

Brittany and Normandy was to breed this species, which is endangered in the Armorican Massif, and to

maintain and develop the living rivers which are necessary for its survival there. Numerous studies have

described a similarly urgent situation for mussels in both Brittany and Normandy, due to progressive

disappearance and ageing populations. The strong heritage significance of the freshwater pearl mussel,

a living witness to the development of the valleys of the Armorican Massif, as well as its bio-indicator

qualities, its living requirements and its status as an umbrella species, make it an excellent candidate for

conservation with regards to the current state of its populations in the Armorican Massif. The project

was carried out in harmony with both the freshwater pearl mussel National Action Plan and the European

Water Framework Directive, which aimed to reach the goal of healthy watercourses by 2015.

A pdf of this publication is available at: https://goo.gl/u8MjqM

Kentucky Mussel Atlas Now Available Online

Haag, W.R. and R.R. Cicerello. 2016. A distributional atlas of the

freshwater mussels of Kentucky. Scientific and Technical Series 8.

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfort,

Kentucky. 299 pp.

This book was published last year and a hard copy is available free

of charge from the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission (see

Ellipsaria, Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2016, Page 7). A free,

downloadable pdf version of the book is now available. Because of it’s

size, the book is divided into two parts for download. Go to

http://naturepreserves.ky.gov/pubs/Pages/bookstore.aspx to

download the book or request a hard copy.

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission

801 Teton Trail

Frankfort, KY 40601-1403

502-573-2886

naturepreserves@ky.gov

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Freshwater Mussel Workshop at Ohio State

A four-day workshop on freshwater mussel identification and sampling techniques will be held October

2-5, 2017, at the Division of Molluscs of the Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, in Columbus,

Ohio. The workshop will cover upper Ohio River and Great Lakes species. The Division's collection of

nearly 500,000 specimens of freshwater mussels will be used for hands-on training on how to tell one

living rock from another, including those pesky “Fuscobemas.” Attendance is limited to 30 people.

For more information, follow the link here: http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/OSUM2 or

contact Dr. G. Thomas Watters at W[email protected] .

2017 Freshwater Mussel Training Courses at NCTC

During 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will be offering three training courses concerning

freshwater mussels at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West

Virginia, USA. Here are descriptions of each of these three courses:

Conservation Biology of Freshwater Mussels CSP 1101

This is an introductory course on the biology and ecology of freshwater mussels and the conservation

issues facing this highly-endangered group of animals. Topics to be covered include anatomy, physiology,

life history, health, ecosystem services, mussels as biomonitors, conservation status, population impacts,

conservation measures (relocation, propagation, conservation genetics), legal issues (permits and the ESA,

Section 7 consultations, critical habitat), and field techniques (survey techniques, sampling techniques,

habitat assessment). This course will address key characters for identification of freshwater mussels and

will provide opportunities in the laboratory to practice with dichotomous keys; however due to time

constraints and the regional nature of mussel assemblages; this is NOT a mussel identification course.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to identify:

✓ why mussels matter to FWS

✓ why so many mussel species are endangered

✓ the skills and tools available for mussel conservation

✓ the legal issues related to mussel conservation

✓ the genetic concerns associated with mussel conservation

Date: August 7 – August 11, 2017

Instructors: Dr. Chris Barnhart and Heidi Dunn

Who Should Attend: Anyone who works with freshwater mussels (biologists, environmental educators,

etc.) but has little formal knowledge of their biology.

Course Length: 4.5 days College Credit: 2 semester hours

Tuition: Prepaid for FWS, NPS, and BLM employees; $1,195.00 for participants from other agencies and

organizations.

Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration CSP 1102

Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration is an introductory course designed to explore all culture

activities associated with freshwater mussels. Participants will explore the latest culture techniques as

they follow freshwater mussels through their entire life cycle in a culture facility, from the collection of

gravid females to stocking cultured juvenile freshwater mussels. Following a basic introduction on mussel

biology and the goals of mussel propagation, the course will cover the basics of building a culture facility,

collecting and maintaining brood stock, collecting host species, infesting host species with larval mussels,

collecting and culturing juvenile mussels, and releasing juveniles to the wild.

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Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

✓ describe the internal and external anatomy of a freshwater mussel

✓ collect and maintain freshwater mussel brood stock in captivity

✓ collect and maintain host species in captivity

✓ harvest freshwater mussel larvae and infest host species

✓ collect newly metamorphosed juvenile mussels and culture them for release

✓ describe the advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques, equipment, and culture units

used in freshwater mussel propagation throughout the United States.

✓ release and monitor cultured juvenile freshwater mussels

✓ maintain accurate records and publish results

Date: September 18 – September 22, 2017

Instructors: Rachel Mair, Nathan Eckert, Tony Brady, Jess Jones, and Matthew Patterson

Who Should Attend: Biologists interested in freshwater mussel biology and freshwater mussel culture

techniques.

Course Length: 4.5 days College Credit: 2 semester hours

Tuition: Prepaid for FWS, NPS, and BLM employees; $1,195.00 for participants from other agencies and

organizations.

Freshwater Mussel Identification CSP 1103

The purpose of this course is to develop the participant's freshwater mussel identification skills and

knowledge of regional freshwater mussel species. Participants will learn an overall system for identifying

mussels and characteristics of major taxonomic groups within the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae

and will provide the basis to approach species-level identification. Although emphasis will be placed on

the Ohio River fauna (including the Tennessee River) specimens will be available from across the country.

This course is "hands on" and laboratory and field exercises will provide shells and fresh specimens for

identification.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

✓ identify unknown freshwater mussels by following methods as described in the course

✓ use proper freshwater mussel collection-labeling and preservation techniques

✓ use distributional maps as an aid to freshwater mussel identification

✓ use dichotomous keys,

✓ discuss identification tricks-of-the-trade

Date: June 26 – 30, 2017

Instructors: Kevin Cummings, Jess Jones, Bob Anderson, and Nate Johnson

Who Should Attend: Anyone who works with freshwater mussels (biologists environmental educators,

etc.) and would like to be able to identify shells and live specimens in the field.

Course Length: 4.5 days College Credit: 2 semester hours

Tuition: Prepaid for FWS, NPS, and BLM employees; $1,195.00 for participants from other agencies and

organizations.

To Register for any or all of these courses:

Department of Interior (DOI) employees: Log in to DOI Learn, enter the course title in the search

box, click scheduled classes, click submit request.

Non-DOI employees: If you do not have a DOI Learn account, please contact Matthew Patterson

(304/876-7473 matthew_patter[email protected] ) for instructions on how to create an account and

NCTC has lodging and meal plans for course participants at the standard government per diem rate for

Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA. Other lodging and eating facilities also are available in the area.

Please contact Matthew Patterson (304/876-7473 matthew_patterson@fws.gov) with any questions about

these courses or the venue.

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Regional Meetings

FMCS Regional Mollusk Meeting Assistance Award Program

As described in the December 2012 issue of Ellipsaria, the FMCS has established a Regional Mollusk

Meeting Assistance Award Program to facilitate regional mollusk meetings that address local and regional

concerns with freshwater mollusk conservation and management. Our interest in assisting with these

meetings is to bring people together who work with freshwater mollusks to exchange information on how

to conserve and protect this faunal group. These meetings are often attended by a variety of individuals,

including agency personnel, academia, private citizens, scientists, and others, some of whom may not be

FMCS members. Therefore, a secondary goal of this program is to increase the awareness of, and

membership in, FMCS among individuals in these groups. Support is provided via a cash award of $100

to the regional group to help defray the costs (e.g., meeting room rental, speaker travel, break

refreshments, etc.) associated with holding their meeting. It is anticipated that about 15-20 awards will

be made in a given calendar year.

The complete program description and application form may be obtained from the Awards Committee

website at http://www.molluskconservation.org/Mservices_awards.html. One copy of the completed

application must be received by the Chair of the Awards Committee at least two months prior to the

Regional Mollusk Meeting to allow for application and payment processing.

Chesapeake Bay Freshwater Mussel Workgroup Meeting

Annapolis, Maryland January 31, 2017

The annual Chesapeake Bay Freshwater Mussel Workgroup meeting convened in Annapolis, Maryland

on January 31, 2017. Meeting attendance and participation was the highest in the group’s short history.

In person attendance increased to 26 people and at least 29 people participated via web and

teleconferencing. Meeting participants represented state and federal resource agencies, river basin

commissions, non-profit organizations, consultants, and academia. The topics included:

• Range-wide status assessment of Brook floater

• Propagation at Harrison Lake National Hatchery,

• Mussel relocation, environmental DNA, and tidal-freshwater surveys in Maryland

• Species status assessment and status review timelines

• eDNA applications in West Virginia

• American eel and Eastern elliptio restoration in the upper Susquehanna River

• Delaware River basin mussel restoration program update

• Dwarf wedgemussel population estimate, habitat, and life history studies

• Estimating ecosystem services of Atlantic slope mussel beds

• Chronic effects of chloride exposure to mussels

• Eastern elliptio contaminant bioaccumulation study in the Anacostia River

• James spinymussel mark-recapture study

Financial assistance for this regional meeting was graciously provided by FMCS through the Awards

Committee and supported refreshments and a working lunch for attendees. Presentations, with

permission of the author, can be obtained from Julie Devers along with more detailed meeting notes. For

information on this and future meetings contact Julie Devers julie_devers@fws.gov or Matt Ashton at

matthew.ashton@marylnd.gov .

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Northeast Regional Freshwater Mussel Meeting, March 7, 2017 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 Headquarters, Hadley, Massachusetts 
Peter Hazelton
1
 and Laura Saucier
2 
 
1  
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, 
Westborough, Massachusetts. 
2  
Wildlife Diversity Program, Bureau of Natural Resources, Connecticut Department of Energy & 
Environmental Protection, Burlington, Connecticut. 
 
The  Massachusetts  Division  of  Fisheries  &  Wildlife,  Connecticut  Department  of  Energy  & 
Environmental  Protection,  and  the  United  States  Fish  &  Wildlife  Service  Region  5  hosted  a  regional 
symposium on mussel research and conservation on March 7, 2017.  This is the second meeting of this 
renewed  effort  to  provide  a  regional  avenue  for  networking  and  sharing  experiences  on  Unionoida 
conservation.  Approximately 40 participants from state and federal agencies, academia, and consulting 
firms attended the meeting and engaged in discussion on Northeastern issues.  Despite some technical 
difficulties, another 10-12 folks tuned-in via Webex. 
The focus of the meeting has been on work conducted in New England and New York, but we welcome 
participation from other neighboring areas.  We hope to continue to meet on a  two-year cycle, and will 
again advertise in the Unio Listserve.  We thank FMCS for refreshments, made possible through a Regional 
Mollusk Meeting Award. 
 
Contributed Talks: 
A new freshwater mussel collaborative in the Northeast.  David Perkins
1
, Peter Hazelton
2
, Allison Roy
3
.  
1
U.S.  Fish  &  Wildlife  Service,  Richard  Cronin  Aquatic  Resource  Center,  Sunderland,  MA; 
2
Massachusetts  Division  of  Fisheries  &  Wildlife,  Natural  Heritage  &  Endangered  Species  Program, 
Westborough,  MA; 
3
U.S.  Geological  Survey,  Massachusetts  Cooperative  Fish  and  Wildlife  Research 
Unit, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.  Email: 
[email protected]  
A terrifying tale of compounding stressors: an American Shad’s desperate attempt to overcome a 
glochidial  infestation.    Kerstin  Cody,  Kevin  Cheung,  and Shane  Hanlon.  USFWS,  North  Attleboro 
National Fish Hatchery.  Email: shane_hanlon@fws.gov  
Freshwater  mussel  survey  for  Roebling  Bridge  upgrade  project  over  the  Delaware  River  Pike 
County,  Pennsylvania  and  Sullivan  County,  New  York.    Philip  T.  Mathias  and  Gregory  F. 
Zimmerman, EnviroScience, Inc. Stow, OH. Email: pmathias@enviroscienceinc.com  
Range  contraction  of  the  Brook  Floater  Alasmidonta  varicosa:  how  do  we  protect  remaining 
populations?  Barry  J.  Wicklow
1
,  Tina  A.  Cormier
2
,  Jesse  Bishop
2
,  Susi  von  Oettingen
3
  and  Julie 
Devers
4
.   
1
St.  Anselm  College,  Manchester,  NH; 
2
Woods  Hole  Research  Center,  Woods  Hole,  MA; 
3
USFWS,  New  England  Field  Office,  Concord,  NH;  4USFWS,  Maryland  Fisheries  Resource  Office, 
Annapolis, MD.  Email: BWic[email protected]u 
Status  of  Dwarf  Wedgemussel  populations  in  the Delaware  River  watershed:   a  within-basin  and 
rangewide assessment of status and trends.  Jeff C. Cole, USGS, Leetown Science Center, Northern 
Appalachian Research Laboratory, Wellsboro, PA. Email: jccole@usgs.gov 
Update  on  freshwater  mussel  training  curriculum  at  NCTC.    Matthew Patterson,  USFWS, National 
Conservation Training Center (NCTC), Shepherdstown, WV.  Email: matt[email protected]  
Baseline  qualitative  and  quantitative  mussel  surveys  associated  with  dam  removals  in  the  Mill 
River  watershed,  Massachusetts.    Alan  D.  Christian,  School  for  the  Environment,  University  of 
Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA. Email: Alan.Christian@umb.edu  
Habitat  use  and  translocation  of  rare  mussels  prior  to  dam  removal.    Peter  D.  Hazelton. 
Massachusetts  Division  of  Fisheries  &  Wildlife,  Natural  Heritage  &  Endangered  Species  Program, 
Westborough, MA. Email: [email protected]a.us  
Investigating  the  thermal  biology  of  freshwater  mussels:  advances  in  methodology  and  future 
applications.    Carrie J. Blakeslee, USGS, Leetown Science Center, Northern Appalachian Research 
Laboratory, Wellsboro, PA. Email: cblakeslee@usgs.gov  

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Status of the Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa) in Maine. Ethan Nedeau

& Beth Swartz

Biodrawversity LLC., Amherst, MA;

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Bangor, ME;

Email: ethan@biodrawversity.com

What’s next? Brook Floater rangewide conservation and restoration initiative. Allison H. Roy

1,2

Peter D. Hazelton

, Sean Sterrett

, Ayla Doubleday

2,4

, Andrew Fisk

, Lisa Holst

, Michael Marchand

David Perkins

, Michelle D. Staudinger

1,8

; Beth Swartz

, and Brian Watson

USGS,

Massachusetts

Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, UMass, Amherst, MA;

MA DFW, Westborough, MA;

Connecticut River Watershed Council;

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,

Albany, NY;

New Hampshire Fish & Game Department, Concord, NH;

USFWS, Cronin Aquatic

Resource Center, Sunderland, MA;

Northeast Climate Science Center, UMass, Amherst, MA;

Maine

Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Bangor, ME;

Virginia Department of Game and Inland

Fisheries, Richmond, VA. Email: ar[email protected]

For more information about this Northeast Regional Freshwater Mussel Meeting, please contact Peter

Hazelton (peter.hazelton@state.ma.us ) or Laura Saucier (Laura.[email protected] ).

Virginia Atlantic Slope Mollusk Recovery Group (MRG)

Annual Meeting

On March 9, 2017, Brian Watson (Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries) convened the

annual meeting of the Virginia Atlantic Slope Mollusk Recovery Group in Charles City, Virginia (VA).

The VA Atlantic Slope MRG was formed in 2006 to discuss and address conservation and recovery issues

pertaining to freshwater mollusks in VA’s Atlantic Slope waterways. The Group is comprised of members

from the VA Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (DGIF), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), VA

Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Heritage Program (DCR), Virginia Tech (VT), The Nature

Conservancy (TNC), U.S. Forest Service, private consultants, and other universities and NGOs. Thirteen

people attended the 2017 meeting, while nine others participated by phone and thru GoToMeeting.

The morning session included updates on propagation at the VA Fisheries and Aquatic Wildlife Center

(VFAWC) at Harrison Lake National Fish Hatchery and the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center

(FMCC) at Virginia Tech, brook floater status assessment update and an eDNA project at VA

Commonwealth University (VCU). In 2016, the VFAWC propagated over 1.1 million juvenile mussels from

six species and released over 24,000 tagged mussels in the Nottoway, Meherrin, and Rappahannock

rivers. The FMCC continued annual streamside infestations with the endangered James spinymussel

(Parvaspina collina; JSM) as part of a FWS Biological Opinion with the VA Department of Transportation

(VDOT), releasing nearly 270 infested cyprinids to Craig Creek and Johns Creek, Craig County. Barry

Wicklow, Saint Anselm College, provided information showing the decline of brook floater (Alasmidonta

varicosa) across its range, including its stronghold in the northeast. It appears brook floater is particularly

sensitive to riparian buffer loss and associated impacts such as eutrophication and water temperature

increases. The morning session wrapped up with Bonnie Roderique, graduate student at VCU, updating

the MRG on her eDNA project targeting JSM. VDOT is funding the project in hopes of being able to detect

the presence of JSM as part of their project reviews. The eDNA project also will attempt to determine the

relative abundance of JSM populations based on eDNA signal strength.

The afternoon session shifted toward environmental-related issues and field surveys. Sarah McRae

(FWS) presented on the Species Status Assessment (SSA) for the petitioned yellow lanced (Elliptio

lanceolata) and Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni). Yellow lance was proposed for federal listing as

threatened, while a listing determination for the Atlantic pigtoe was delayed until 2018 to meet the

deadline. DGIF and Environmental Solutions and Innovations, Inc. provided updates on two natural gas

projects, the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines, which will cross nearly 3,000 streams between

the two projects. DGIF and FWS provided an update on the South River/DuPont Natural Resource

Damage Assessment and Restoration case and the Dan River coal ash spill. A draft settlement was

reached for DuPont/South River with $4 million dollars proposed for mussel restoration, which would be

shared between VFAWC and FMCC. VFAWC was awarded a $600,000 grant thru the National Fish and

Wildlife Foundation as part of the mussel restoration work for the Dan River coal ash spill. Over three

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years,  restoration  work  with  triangle  floater  (Alasmidonta  undulata),  yellow  lampmussel  (Lampsilis 
cariosa), green floater (Lasmigona subviridis), eastern elliptio (Elliptio complanata) and JSM will be targeted 
in the Dan River upstream of Danville.   The meeting concluded with a review of significant mussel surveys 
in 2016 and planned surveys in 2017, including Conservation Management Institute, VA Tech, surveys 
in the New River as part of the Fries Dam relicensing; DCR surveys in Tye River for JSM; and the long-
term mark-recapture surveys at 7 sites across the Piedmont.  The meeting wrapped up with attendees 
touring the VFAWC. 
For more information, contact Brian Watson at brian.watson@dgif.virginia.gov or (434) 525-7522, x 
114. 
 
 
 
Upcoming  Meetings 
 
June 4 – 9, 2017 – Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA  
Theme: Designing our Freshwater Futures  http://sfsannualmeeting.org/  
 
July 16-21, 2017 – American Malacological Society 83
nd
 Annual Meeting, University of Delaware, 
Newark, Delaware, USA  Theme: Mollusk research in a digital world: creating, integrating and mining 
large datasets  http://www.malacological.org  
 
August 20 – 24, 2017 – American Fisheries Society 147th Annual Meeting, Tampa Convention Center, 
Tampa, Florida, USA  Theme: Fisheries Ecosystems: Uplands to Oceans  http://fisheries.org/events-
page/future-afs-meetings/ 
 
September 10 – 14, 2017 – 8th European Congress of Malacological Societies, Kraków University of 
Technology, Kraków, Poland.  http://www.euromal.pl/  
 
March 12 – 15, 2018 – FMCS Workshop, Freshwater Mollusk Health and Disease 
Assessment, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.   
 
July 21 – 26, 2018 – Society for Conservation Biology North American Sectional Meeting, Westin 
Harbour Castle Conference Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Theme  Conservation Science, Policy, 
and Practice: Connecting the Urban to the Wild  http://conbio.org/groups/sections/north-
america/meetings/ 
 
September 2018 -- First FMCS International Freshwater Mollusk Meeting, Northern Italy, 
Details and precise location yet to be determined. 
 
March 18 – 22, 2017 – National Shellfisheries Association 110
th
 Annual Meeting, Renaissance Hotel, 
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March 2019 – FMCS Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, USA.  Theme: Life on the Edge: 
Reconciling River Management. 
 
   

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Contributed Articles

The following articles have been contributed by FMCS members and others interested in freshwater

mollusks. These contributions are incorporated into Ellipsaria without peer review and with minimal editing.

The opinions expressed are those of the authors.

Ligumia subrostrata Metamorphose on Centarchids, Esocids, Fundulids, and

Some Cyprinids in the Laboratory

Jeffrey Tillery

, Alex Franzen

, Mike Davis

, Mark Hove

, Kyle Johnson

, Sabrina Marconie

Shelby Marr

, Madeline Pletta

, Avery Sampson

, Bernard Sietman

, Cameron Swanson

, and

Tricia Wagner

University of Minnesota, 2003 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108,

([email protected]du)

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2109 North Lakeshore Drive, Lake City, Minnesota

55041

Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) is listed as a threatened species in the state of Minnesota; however,

specimens in the state might represent the most substantial population remaining in the upper Midwest

(Sietman et al., 2003). This study adds to our previous work (Hove et al., 2016a) on suitable hosts for L.

subrostrata.

We collected gravid L. subrostrata from the Rock River, Pipestone County, Minnesota, and infested

fishes using standard methods (Hove et al., 2016b). Fishes were grouped by species and held between

20-24 °C. For each trial, we counted the number of glochidia and juveniles released by the fish to calculate

metamorphosis success, an indicator of fish species productivity for juvenile propagation purposes.

All species of Centrarchidae, Esocidae, and Fundulidae that were tested facilitated Ligumia subrostrata

glochidia metamorphosis in at least one trial (Table 1). Tested species on which glochidia metamorphosis

was not observed (number of trials, number of survivors) were: Amia calva (1,1), Lepisosteus osseus (2,2),

Campostoma anomalum (2,8), Cyprinella lutrensis (2,5), Cyprinus carpio (2,3), Luxilus cornutus (1,3),

Notropis dorsalis (1,10), N. stramineus (1,7), Pimephales notatus (2,14), P. promelas (2,10), Rhinichthys

atratulus (1,5), Carpoides cyprinus (1,2), Catostomus commersonii (2,5), Ictiobus bubalus (1,7), Moxostoma

macrolepidotum (2,8), Ameiurus melas (1,6), A. natalis (1,1), A. nebulosus (1,1), lctalurus furcatus (1,2),

Noturus gyrinus (3,23), Percopsis omiscomaycus (2,6), Etheostoma caeruleum (1,3), E. exile (1,2), E. nigrum

(1,2), Perca flavescens (1,5), Percina caprodes (1,6), P. maculata (1,12), P. phoxocephala (1,2), Sander

vitreus (1,2), Aplodinotus grunniens (2,3), Necturus maculosus (1,1) (only amphibian tested)

The results from this study were similar to earlier host suitability research. Centrarchids, esocids,

fundulids, and gastrosteids supported much higher transformation rates than amiids, cyprinids,

catostomids, and ictalurids (Hove et al., 2016b, this study). While most centrarchids supported relatively

high rates of glochidia metamorphosis, results for Ambloplites rupestris, Lepomis gulosus, and Pomoxis

nigromaculatus were variable between trials, and Micropterus dolomieu consistently produced a low

number of juveniles.

Literature Cited

Hove, M., K. Burstein, M. Davis, S. Marr, M. Pletta, J. Williams, T. Wagner, and B. Sietman. 2016a.

Ligumia subrostrata glochidia metamorphose on centrarchids and other fish species. Ellipsaria

18(3):12-13.

Hove, M. C., B. E. Sietman, M. S. Berg, E. C. Frost, K. Wolf, T. R. Brady, S. L. Boyer, and D. J.

Hornbach. 2016b. Early life history of the sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus) (Mollusca: Bivalvia:

Unionoida). Journal of Natural History 50(9-10):523-542.

Sietman, B. E., D.E. Kelner, R. A. Hart, and M. Davis. 2003. Ligumia subrostrata (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

in Minnesota and its status in the upper Midwest. Prairie Naturalist 35:187-195.

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Table 1. Results from Ligumia subrostrata glochidia host suitability trials. No. of fish = number

inoculated/number of survivors, Period (d) = juvenile release period in days, Metamorphosis success (%)

= percentage of recovered glochidia that metamorphosed into juveniles.

Fish Species

No. of fish

Period (d)

No. of

juveniles

Metamorphosis

success (%)

Notemigonus crysoleucas (1)

N. crysoleucas (2)

3/3

4/3

13-20

194

Rhinichthys cataractae

3/3

13-16

Semotilus atromaculatus (1)

S. atromaculatus (2)

2/1

8/8

0.3

Esox lucius

1/1

11-14

Umbra limi

5/5

16-37

1467

Fundulus diaphanus

3/0

F. sciadicus

2/1

16-29

Ambloplites rupestris (1)

A. rupestris (2)

2/2

13-20

258

Lepomis cyanellus

4/2

15-24

115

L. gibbosus (1)

L. gibbosus (2)

4/2

14/13

14-31

11-21

1849

136

L. gulosus (1)

L. gulosus (2)

L. gulosus (3)

1/1

2/2

4/4

16-37

13-20

10-21

445

L. humilis (1)

L. humilis (2)

L. humilis (3)

21/21

3/3

8/4

15-21

16-24

14-17

878

863

517

L. macrochirus (1)

L. macrochirus (2)

5/4

14/9

13-27

14-25

589

Micropterus dolomieu (1)

M. dolomieu (2)

M. dolomieu (3)

2/2

5/2

16-27

14-17

114

0.6

M. salmoides (1)

M. salmoides (2)

3/3

15/14

16-34

11-18

1045

390

Pomoxis nigromaculatus (1)

P. nigromaculatus (2)

5/5

12/12

14-35

15-24

954

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Additional Information Concerning the Conquest of Europe by the

Invasive Chinese Pond Mussel Sinanodonta woodiana, 44.

News from Austria, Belgium and France, but what about Israel?

Henk K. Mienis, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History – Israel National Center for Biodiversity

Studies, Tel Aviv University, IL-6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel, and National Natural History Collections,

Berman Building, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, IL-9190401 Jerusalem,

Israel. mienis@netzer.org.il

Here again is some information concerning various studies dealing with the invasive Chinese Pond

mussel in Europe. This time, the information comes from Austria, Belgium, and France with a note on

an odd trial to grow Sinanodonta woodiana in Israel.

Austria

Billinger (2016) studied the presence of large mussel species in the impounded parts of the lower

reaches of the river Inn in Upper Austria. According to his observation, the invasive Chinese Pond mussel

preferred the shallow waters of the impoundments characterized by a high rate of organic detritus. Since

the level of nutrients in alpine rivers is usually rather low, Sinanodonta woodiana does not seem to be a

threatening competitor of local species like Unio pictorum, Anodonta cygnea, and Anodonta anatina.

Belgium

On the website waarnemingen.be [observations.be], Jan

Soors placed an observation of Anodonta cygnea from

Zonhoven, Wijvenheide Zuid, in the province of Limburg,

carried out on 24 April 2017. The accompanying

photographs, however, (one of which is reproduced here as

Figure 1), showed a still juvenile specimen of the Chinese

Pond mussel. A few days later, this record was indeed

changed to Sinanodonta woodiana. This invasive freshwater

mussel turns regularly up in commercial fish ponds stocked

with various species of carps in Belgium.

France

The Chinese Pond mussel has been known to occur in

France for more than 30 years. Henri Callot-Girardi (2017)

has given some brief information concerning these first finds.

In addition, he showed some particular forms of this invasive

species which have been encountered in France. Elsewhere

in this lavishly illustrated second volume of "Avenionia," he has inserted other interesting photographs of

Sinanodonta woodiana, not only from France but also from Hungary.

And what about Israel?

I was baffled by a page in the article by Callot-Girardi (2017) which contained a letter written by one

of my colleagues in Israel with the request for a large quantity of living specimens of Sinanodonta

woodiana. I know that at the time he wrote that letter (1991,) a new immigrant from the former U.S.S.R.

was associated with the Department of Life Sciences of the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan where he

carried out trials of growing pearls in several species of freshwater bivalves. Also for that reason, living

specimens of Cristaria plicata (Leach 1815) had been imported from China, without a license. The latter

were even released in one of the commercial fish ponds for breeding carps in Israel. Fortunately for the

local fauna, both trials failed. The mussels belonging to Sinanodonta woodiana arrived in Israel dead,

while the specimens of Cristaria plicata died in the open fish pond. These examples, however, show a

lack of responsibility to intentionally introduce a highly invasive species. Since then, the person involved

with growing freshwater pearls has left Israel for a country in South America.

Figure 1. A juvenile Chinese Pond

mussel from Zonhoven, Belgium.

Photograph by Jan Soors.

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References

Billinger, F. 2016. Etablierung der Chinesischen Teichmuschel Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea 1834)

(Bivalvia: Unionidae) in der Grossmuschelfauna der Stauseen am unteren Inn (Oberösterreich,

Bayern). Mitteilungen der Zoologischen Gesellschaft Braunau, 12(1):77-89.

Callot-Girardi, H. 2017. Et si on parlait un peu de Sinanodonta woodiana woodiana (Lea, 1834).

Bulletin de Malacologie, Avenionia, 2:369-378.

https://waarnemingen.be/soort/photos/106649?from=2017-04-24&to=2017-04-24

Some Information Concerning Theodoxus (Neritaea) octagonus Eichhorst, 2016,

an Endemic Subterranean Species from Israel

Henk K. Mienis¹ and Oz Rittner²

¹ National Natural History Collections, Berman Building, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J.

Safra Campus, IL-9190401 Jerusalem, Israel, and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History – Israel

National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, IL 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel.

mienis@netzer.org.il

² The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History – Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv

University, IL 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel. israelbutterf[email protected]

Recently Tom Eichhorst (2016) has described a new Neritid species from Israel as Theodoxus (Neritaea)

octagonus. Although we fully agree with his description, we add here some further details. Theodoxus

(Neritaea) octagonus Eichhorst, 2016 was described from specimens collected during the period 1966-

1968 in the Octagon Pool near Tabgha on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee (Lake of Tiberias)

by Dr. Moshe Tsurnamal (Tsurnamal and Por, 1968). This warm sulfuric and saline spring -- water

temperature 29.5°C, and high salinity 2300-3000 mg Cl/lit.-- flows into a Byzantine 4

Century tower-

like octagonal reservoir, where the water is being mixed with freshwater from two other nearby springs.

The Octagon Pool is better known as 'En Nur or Birket 'Ali-Ed-Dhaher'. The photograph of the pool in

Eichhorst's publication is, therefore, not correct. In fact, the new Theodoxus is confined in its distribution

to the subterranean tract of 'En Nur.

Theodoxus (Neritaea) octagonus differs from the two other Theodoxus species living in the

neighbourhood [Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani (Sowerby, 1836) and Theodoxus (Neritaea) michonii

(Bourguinat, 1852)] by the very deep suture separating the whorls. Its color may be described as of a

uniformly pale rose (lavender in Eichhorst). Some rare specimens, however, show white dots on the pale

rose background, which is quite different from the axial zigzag markings usually seen in Theodoxus jordani

and often hiding under a uniformly black layer in Theodoxus michonii. Interestingly, when snails are kept

alive in an aquarium with UV-illumination, they become black all over.

Figures 1-3. Theodoxus

(Neritaea) octagonus

Eichhorst, 2016, from 'En Nur

near Tabgha, Israel.

1. A normally-colored specimen.

2. A specimen kept in an

aquarium with UV-

illumination.

3. A specimen showing the

mottled color pattern.

Photograph by Oz Rittner.

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Theodoxus (Neritaea) octagonus is not the only endemic species which lives in that sulfuric saline

spring. It shares the habitat with a Blind prawn Typhlocaris galilea Calman, 1909, several peculiar worm-

like invertebrates, and at least two other tiny gastropods: Bithinella annandalei [now Heleobia annandalei]

(Preston, 1913), and Bithinella vexillum Preston, 1913, the generic position of which has, so far, remained

unsettled (Preston, 1913; Annandale, 1916). Heleobia annandalei specimens have still been collected

quite recently (Mienis, 2005).

The Octagon Pool and, even more the subterranean 'En Nur, are off limits to the public because the

locality is situated within the compound of a religious institute lead by the German Association of the

Holy Land and maintained by Benedictine monks from the Dormition Abbey of Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

In addition to the impossibility to enter the subterranean spring of 'En Nur, all the endemic gastropods

living in it fall, of course, under the law which protects all the mollusks in Israel.

References

Annandale, N. [1915] 1916. The distribution and origin of the fauna of the Jordan system with special

reference to that of the Lake of Tiberias. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, [NS], 11(10-11):437-

476.

Calman, W.T. 1909. On a blind prawn of the Sea of Galilee (Typhlocaris galilea g. et sp. n.).

Transactions of the Linnaean Society, Zoology, 11(2):93-97.

Eichhorst, T.E. 2016. Neritidae of the World, 2:696-1366. ConchBooks, Harxheim.

Mienis, H.K. 2005. Rediscovery of Heleobia annandalei in the Octogon pool of Tabgha, Israel. Tentacle,

13:7-8.

Preston, H.B. 1913. A molluscan faunal list of the Lake of Tiberias with descriptions of new species.

Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, [NS], 9(11):465-475, plate 27.

Tsurnamal, M. and Por, F.D. 1968. The subterranean fauna associated with the blind Palaemonid

prawn Typhlocaris galilea Calman. International Journal of Speleology, 3(3-4):219-223.

New Occurrence Records of the Little Invasive Neartic Freshwater Pulmonate

Snail Lymnaea columella (Say, 1817) in the Territory of Santa Catarina State/

SC, Southern Brazil Region

A. Ignacio Agudo-Padrón and Jefferson Souza da Luz,

Project “Avulsos Malacológicos - AM”, P.O. Box 010, 88010-970 Centro, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/

SC, Brazil – ignacioagudo@gmail.com ; [email protected]m ; http://noticias-malacologicas-

am.webnode.pt/

Recognized globally, invasive alien forms are the second major cause of extinction of native species,

immediately behind the destruction of habitats by human intervention. Unfortunately, in Santa Catarina

State/ SC, this worrisome situation is increasingly evident, in rampant form.

One of these alien species, present and rapidly gaining space in State, is the little neartic freshwater

pulmonate snail Lymnaea columella (Say, 1817). This snail is recognized in Brazil as an important vector

of the veterinarian parasitic disease “Fascioliase” (Medeiros et al. 2014, Agudo-Padrón 2016: 32).

On February 19, 2017, the second author of this report obtained several live specimens (Figure 1) in

“Ponte Alta” (city and Municipal District) – 27º 29’14”S & 50º 23’32”W (Figure 2). The collection site is in

the Canoas River Basin, at approximately 850 meters above sea level within the Araucária Forest

environment, Highlands (malacological fourth region) of Santa Catarina State/ SC. The snails were found

“semi-submerged” and adhered in the cement walls of a local artificial lake (Figure 1). An abundance of

"spawning/eggs" of the species was observed at the site. The species probably was introduced

"accidentally" in the region through aquaculture activities.

Additional information about this species, including recent geographical/spatial records in the

Brazilian and regional literature, is available in Agudo-Padrón, et al. 2013; Medeiros, et al. 2014; and

Agudo-Padrón 2016 (Figure 3).

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Figure 1. Some of the specimens of Lymnaea columella (Say, 1817) found at “Ponte Alta”, Santa

Catarina State/ SC, and a view of the habitat where they were found

References:

Agudo-Padrón, A.I. 2016. First geographical record of the little native freshwater operculate snail

Potamolithus catharinae Pilsbry 1911 in the “Urubici” Municipal District, highlands region of Santa

Catarina State/ SC, Southern Brazil. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 18(4):31-32.

Agudo-Padrón, A.I.; Veado, R.V. ad-Víncula & Saalfeld, K. 2013. Moluscos e saúde pública em Santa

Catarina: subsídios para a formulação estadual de políticas preventivas sanitaristas. Duque de Caxias,

RJ: Espaço Científico Livre Projetos Editoriais, 2013, 132 p. Available online at:

http://sbmalacologia.com.br/wp-

content/uploads/2013/10/MOLUSCOS_E_SA%C3%9ADE_P%C3%9ABLICA_EM_SANTA_CATARINA

.pdf

Figure 2. Location of the “Ponte Alta” Municipal

District (Map - red color) in the geographical

territory of Santa Catarina State/ SC.

Figure 3. Known distribution of Lymnaea

columella (Say, 1817) in Santa

Catarina State/ SC and the Brazilian

territory in general. Map from

Medeiros et al. (2014)

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Medeiros, C.; Scholte, R.G.C.; D’Ávila, S.; Caldeira, R.L. & Carvalho, O. dos S. 2014. Spatial distribution

of Lymnaeidae (Mollusca, Basommatophora), intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758

(Trematoda, Digenea) in Brazil. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. São Paulo, 56(3): 235-252. Available online at:

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rimtsp/v56n3/0036-4665-rimtsp-56-03-235.pdf

Field Records of Freshwater Mollusks in the Ariranha River Microbasin, Arvoredo

Municipal District, Western Region of Santa Catarina State/ SC, Southern Brazil:

A Brief Report

A. Ignacio Agudo-Padrón, Project “Avulsos Malacológicos - AM”, P.O. Box 010, 88010-970 Centro,

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/ SC, Brazil – ignacioagudo@gmail.com ; http://noticias-malacologicas-

am.webnode.pt/

Continuing with our previous malacological research reports on the western region of Santa Catarina

State/ SC (Agudo-Padrón 2017), on April 20, 2017, Emanueli Marin Albino, a local professional biologist,

requested the identification of some limnic/freshwater mollusks illustrated in several field photographs

that were found between February 27 and March 03 2017, in the bed of the Ariranha River, within the

Municipality of Arvoredo (Figure 1). This river is a direct tributary of the great Upper Uruguay River

Basin.

The Ariranha basin is next to Nova Teutônia Valley, located in the Western Santa Catarina State/ SC

in the Seara Municipal District, today one of the most important regions of the swine breeding and,

coincidentally, historical seat of pioneering malacological researches in the State and South America

(Agudo-Padrón, 2011). Because of the intense use of the lands for agriculture, most of the natural

vegetation areas have been deforested (Figure 1). The lack of an adequate sewage treatment has been

responsible for an increase of environmental degradation and low standards of living of the local

population.

Figure 1. The Ariranha River Basin (left), which drainage area is located within five municipalities in

the Western section of the State, and the collection site of these species (right).

The species present on the photographs include three limnic forms (Figure 2): the exotic invasive

freshwater Asian clams Corbiculidae/Cyrenidae Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844) – confirming once

again our forecast for the region (Agudo-Padrón, 2017), the native mussel/naiad Hyriidae Diplodon

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expansus (Küster, 1856), and the native freshwater pulmonate snail Phsidae Aplexa (Stenophysa)

marmorata (Guilding, 1828). The pictures also include a beautiful little native forest snail Bulimulidae

Mesembrinus (- Drymaeus) interpunctus (Martens, 1887) that was found in the foliage near the bed of the

river, (see Agudo-Padrón 2011:13-16) for a regional species relationship).

Figure 2. Limnic mollusk forms found in the Ariranha River Basin: Aplexa (Stenophysa) marmorata

(Guilding, 1828) (left), Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844) (center), Diplodon expansus (Küster, 1856)

(right).

References:

Agudo-Padrón, A. I. 2011. History of South American continental malacology: the malacological

contribution of the German entomologist Fritz Plaumann (1902 - 1994) in Santa Catarina State,

Southern Brazil. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 13(3):12-17.

Agudo-Padrón, A. I. 2017. Additional record of the invasive non-native Asian clam Corbicula largillierti

(Philippi, 1844) in the Irani River Microbasin, Western Region of Santa Catarina State/ SC, Southern

Brazil. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 19(1):22-24.

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2016 Freshwater Mollusk Bibliography

Kevin S. Cummings,

Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820

The following are references to over 500 papers on freshwater mollusks that have been published up

to and including 2016 that have not appeared in previous FMCS bibliographies. Citations for Aquatic

Mollusca are split into five groups for the convenience of researchers: Unionoida, Sphaeriidae,

Corbiculidae, Dreissenidae & other FW Bivalves, and Gastropoda. Those papers that include taxa from

more than one of the above categories are included under each group. A web searchable database of over

25,500 references on freshwater mollusks (including all previous FMCS bibliographies on freshwater

mollusks) can be found at http://fms.inhs.illinois.edu/fmi/webd#Mollusk%20Bibliography [a NEW

ADDRESS !]. Only one user can access the bibliography at a time (we hope to remedy this in the near

future) so be sure to exit when finished. To ensure that papers are cited correctly, researchers are

encouraged to send pdf's to: Kevin S. Cummings, email: kscummin@illinois.edu .

UNIONOIDA

Agudo-Padrón, A.I. 2011. Threatened freshwater and terrestrial molluscs (Mollusca, Gastropoda et

Bivalvia) of Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil: check list and evaluation of regional threats.

Biodiversity Journal 2(2):59-66.

Agudo-Padrón, A.I., and P. Lenhard. 2011. Continental mollusc fauna of the Great Porto Alegre

central region, RS, Southern Brazil. Biodiversity Journal 2(4):163-170.

Aguirre-Urreta, B. 2016. Horacio Homero Camacho (1922-2015). Revista de La Asociación Geológica

Argentina 73(2):294-299.

Ahlstedt, S.A., M.T. Fagg, R.S. Butler, J.F. Connell, and J.W. Jones. 2016. Quantitative monitoring of

freshwater mussel populations from 1979–2004 in the Clinch and Powell Rivers of Tennessee and

Virginia, with miscellaneous notes on the fauna. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation

19(2):1-18.

Alves, T., P. Lima, G.M.S. Lima, M.C.C. Cunha, S. Ferreira, B. Domingues, and J. Machado. 2016.

Phytoplankton composition of the water and gastrointestinal tract of the mussel Diplodon enno

(Ortmann, 1921) from São Francisco River (Bahia, Brazil). Brazilian Journal of Biology 76(2):352-

359.

An, C., S. Ouyang, C.-H. Zhou, and X.-P. Wu. 2016. The complete F-type mitochondrial genome of

Chinese Anodonta arcaeformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Unionionae). Mitochondrial DNA 27(2):1552-

1553.

Antelo, J., M. Suárez Abelenda, C. Pastoriza, J. Barral, P. Ondina, A. Outeiro, S. Lois, and J.M. Antelo.

2015. Trace metal accumulation and bioavailability in the Ulla basin (NW Spain): evaluation of the

potential effects on the freshwater pearl mussel. Penn Ar Bed. International conference:

“Conservation and Restoration of Freshwater Pearl Mussel Populations and Habitat in Europe”

222:58-63.

Arvidsson, B.L., A. Hadzihalilovic-Numanovic, and E.M. Österling. 2012. Conservation genetics of

freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) populations in south Sweden; some preliminary

results. pp. 97-106 in L. Henrikson, B. Arvidsson, and M. Österling (editors). Aquatic conservation

with focus on Margaritifera margaritifera. Karlstad University Studies 2012:40.

Baki, M.A., M.M. Hossain, and N.A. Bhouiyan. 2016. Checklist of freshwater Mollusca (Gastropoda

and Bivalvia) recorded from the Buriganga and Turag Rivers, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Festivus

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