Mussel and clam surveys were conducted at 10 stream sites in the Lake Erie - Lake St. Clair basin in 1996-97 during low-flow conditions. Personnel from the Biological Resources Division (BRD) and the Water Resources Division (WRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) did viewing-bucket and systematic quadrate searches. Live individuals were returned to the stream after identification (species list is subject to change upon further taxonomic review). Additional biological, surface-water and (or) water-quality data for these sites can be found in the continuous-record sections of the Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and New York data reports.
Mussels and clams found are indicated as follows:-------------------------------------------------------------------------- L Live species found at site D Only shells found, but presumed to be living at site R Only relic shells found -- None found --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subfamily names are in uppercase, scientific names are in italics, and common names are in parentheses. Common names follow Cummings and Mayer (1992) and Watters (1988).
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AMBLEMINAE
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Amblema Cyclonaias Elliptio Fusconaia
plicata tuberculata dilatata flava
STATION (threeridge) (purple (spike) (wabash
NUMBER STATION NAME wartyback) pigtoe)
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04159492 BLACK RIVER NEAR JEDDO, MI -- -- -- L
04161820 CLINTON RIVER AT STERLING HEIGHTS, MI R -- R R
04175600 RIVER RAISIN NEAR MANCHESTER, MI -- L L L
04178000 ST JOSEPH RIVER NEAR NEWVILLE, IN D D L L
04183000 MAUMEE RIVER NEAR NEW HAVEN, IN D D R D
04186500 AUGLAIZE RIVER NEAR FORT JENNINGS, OH D R R L
04193500 MAUMEE RIVER AT WATERVILLE, OH D R R R
04208504 CUYAHOGA RIVER AT LTV STEEL AT CLEVELAND, OH -- -- -- --
04211820 GRAND RIVER AT HARPERSFIELD, OH D -- L L
04213500 CATTARAUGUS CREEK AT GOWANDA, NY -- -- -- --
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AMBLEMINAE ANODONTINAE
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Pleurobema Pleurobema Quadrula Quadrula Quadrula Alasmidonta Alasmidonta
clava sintoxia cylindrica pustulosa quadrula marginata viridis
STATION (clubshell) (round (rabbitsfoot) (pimpleback) (mapleleaf) (elktoe) (slippershell
NUMBER pigtoe) mussel)
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04159492 -- -- -- -- -- L --
04161820 -- -- -- -- -- R --
04175600 -- D -- -- -- L D
04178000 D D R -- -- -- --
04183000 R D -- L L L --
04186500 -- -- -- L L L --
04193500 -- -- -- L L D --
04208504 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
04211820 -- D -- -- -- L --
04213500 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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ANODONTINAE
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Anodontoides Lasmigona Lasmigona Lasmigona Pyganodon Strophitus Utterbackia
ferussacianus complanata compressa costata grandis undulatus imbecillis
STATION (cylindrical (white (creek (fluted shell) (giant (squawfoot) (paper
NUMBER papershell) heelsplitter) heelsplitter) floater) pondshell)
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04159492 L L -- D L L --
04161820 -- R -- R R -- --
04175600 -- -- L -- D L --
04178000 -- D -- -- L -- --
04183000 -- L -- D D -- --
04186500 -- L -- L L L --
04193500 -- D -- R D D D
04208504 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
04211820 -- -- -- L D L --
04213500 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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CORBICULIDAE DREISSENIDAE LAMPSILINAE
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Corbicula Dreissena Actinonai Epioblasma Lampsilis Lampsilis Lampsilis Leptodea
fluminea polymorpha as obliquata cardium fasciola radiata fragilis
STATION (asian clam) (zebra mussel) ligamenti (white (plain (wavy-rayed siliquoidea (fragile
NUMBER na catspaw) pocketbook) lampmussel (fat mucket) papershell)
(mucket)
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04159492 -- -- D -- -- -- L --
04161820 -- L R -- R -- R --
04175600 -- -- D -- L L L --
04178000 -- -- L R L -- D --
04183000 D -- D -- -- -- D L
04186500 L -- -- -- L -- L L
04193500 D -- -- -- -- -- D L
04208504 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
04211820 -- -- L -- L -- L D
04213500 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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LAMPSILINAE
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Ligumia Obovaria Obovaria Potamilus Ptychobranch Truncilla Villosa
recta olivaria subrotunda alatus us truncata iris
STATION (black (hickorynut (round (pink fasciolaris (deertoe) (rainbow)
NUMBER sandshell) ) hickorynut) heelsplitter) (kidneyshell)
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04159492 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
04161820 R -- -- -- -- -- --
04175600 -- D -- -- -- -- L
04178000 -- -- D -- -- -- --
04183000 R -- D L -- L L
04186500 -- -- -- L -- L --
04193500 R -- -- L R L --
04208504 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
04211820 -- -- -- L -- D L
04213500 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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REFERENCES CITED:
Cummings, K.S., and Mayer, C.A., 1992, Field guide to freshwater mussels of the Midwest: Illinois Natural History Survey Manual 5, 194 p.
Watters, G.T., 1988, A field guide to the freshwater mussels of Ohio: Division of Wildlife, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 105 p.