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Winged Mapleleaf

Educational resources on Winged Mapleleaf

Winged Mapleleaf or Quadrula fragosa is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to A1c. IUCN Profile of the Winged Mapleleaf

Academic web links for the Winged Mapleleaf.


Winged Mapleleaf
Studio7designs - Professional Photography and Graphic Designs, Victoria BC Canada
www.macalester.edu/~hornbach/WInged_mapleleaf.html

Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest - Quadrula fragosa
Winged mapleleaf: Quadrula fragosa, UIMNH Z-3871. Kaskaskia River, Washington County, Illinois.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/musselmanual/page28_9.html

Winged Mapleleaf
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service What is the winged mapleleaf? The only reproducing population of winged mapleleaf is found in the St. Croix River along the Wisconsin and Minnesota
www.macalester.edu/~hornbach/pdf%20files/wmapleleaf.pdf

Articles, Presentations, and Reports in 2000
Citation - Hove, M. C., J. E. Kurth, J. L. Sieracki, and A. R. Kapuscinski. 2000. Brooding behavior and suitable host for the winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa).
fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/personnel/staff/hove/Outreach/2000/winged.mapleleaf.report

Articles, Presentations, and Reports in 2001
Winged mapleleaf glochidial metamorphosis on channel catfish verified. Ellipsaria 3(1): 16-17. Heath, D. J., R. L. Benjamin, M. B. Endris, R. L. Kenyon, and M. C. Hove. 2001.
fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/personnel/staff/hove/Outreach/2001/default.html

March 2000 Triannual Unionid Report
Winged mapleleaf glochidia metamorphose on channel catfish Mark Hove 1, Dave Heath 2, Ronald Benjamin 3, Mark Endris 3, Byron Karns 4, Rhonda Kenyon 3, Bob Whaley 4, Jeff Woods 4
fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/personnel/staff/hove/Outreach/2000/WML.hosts.March.TUR

host talk abstract & ref.
Figure 1. Specimen from upper Saint Croix River. Range extension of the federally endangered winged mapleleaf: valves collected from upper Saint Croix River
fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/personnel/staff/hove/Outreach/1999/Q.fragosa.survey

Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest - Quadrula fragosa
Quadrula fragosa (Conrad, 1835) Winged mapleleaf. Back | Forward | Index | Table of Contents. Quadrula fragosa, UIMNH Z-3871. Kaskaskia River, Washington County, Illinois.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu/animals_plants/mollusk/musselmanual/page28_9.html

Endangered Species
Another problem currently facing the winged mapleleaf mussel is the fact that its reproducing population is located very close to the Twin Cities urban area.
www.macalester.edu/environmentalstudies/threerivers/studentprojects/ENVI_133_Spr_08...

Oklahoma's Endangered and Threatened Species
Winged Mapleleaf : Quadrula fragosa: Endangered: Crustaceans: Cave Crayfish: Cambarus tartarus: Okla Endangered: Insects: American Burying Beetle: Nicrophorus americanus
pested.okstate.edu/species.htm







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