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Louisiana Pearlshell

Educational resources on Louisiana Pearlshell

Louisiana Pearlshell or Margaritifera hembeli is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to A1c. IUCN Profile of the Louisiana Pearlshell

Academic web links for the Louisiana Pearlshell.


Peoplepage
Kevin J. Roe. Louisiana Pearlshell ... One of the first steps towards the long-term conservation of freshwater mussels
www.public.iastate.edu/~kjroe/Louisiana_Pearlshell.html

TAXONOMY
The Louisiana pearlshell is threatened by its limited range and low numbers. Many of the streams where this species occurs are isolated from each other.
fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/lists/e404026.htm

Researchpage
The other species, the Louisiana Pearlshell, is found in just two parishes in Louisiana. Systematics and Evolution of Lampreys The Petromyzontiformes includes about 40 species and are
www.public.iastate.edu/~kjroe/researchpage.html

KENNETH M
The population ecology and habitat requirements of the Louisiana Pearl Shell, Margaritifera hembeli, NABS Mtg., Orlando, FL. Brown, K. M., and D. Swearingen.
www.biology.lsu.edu/faculty_listings/fac_pages/longcv/kbrown_cv.htm

raynie's page
Since coming to LSU, I have completed a study on the status and health of several populations of the endangered Louisiana Pearlshell (Margaritifera hembeli) and submitted that
www.biology.lsu.edu/labpages/brownlab/raynie.html

ADW: Margaritifera hembeli: Classification
Margaritifera hembeli (Louisiana pearlshell) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Margaritifera_hembeli.html

KENNETH M
...“Conservation strategies for the Louisiana pearlshell�, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with . Raynie Bambarger, $10,000 2003 “The effect of oil pollution on oyster
www.biology.lsu.edu/labpages/brownlab/brown_cv[1].doc

Kenneth M. Brown
The relative importance of transplants, habitat, and density to growth and survival in the Louisiana pearlshell, Margaritifera hembeli.
www.biology.lsu.edu/faculty_listings/fac_pages/kbrown.html

Untitled Document [ichthyology.usm.edu]
Information submitted on the Louisiana pearlshell may be e-mailed to deborah_fuller@ fws.gov, faxed at 337/291-3139, or sent via regular mail to the Field Supervisor, Lafayette
ichthyology.usm.edu/sfc/sfcstatus.php

Triannual Unionid Report No. 16, November, 1998
Intraspecific life history variation in the threatened Louisiana pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera hembeli. Bruenderman, S.A., and A.C. Buchanan
ellipse.inhs.uiuc.edu/FMCS/TUR/TUR16.html







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