World Congress of Malacology Antwerp ... - Unitas Malacologica

FRIDAY 20 JULY
BIODIVERSITY AT CROSSROADS: FRESHWATER BIVALVES FROM MASS
EXTINCTION TO GLOBAL INVASION
Chair: Cristian Altaba
09:00 – 09:20 Freshwater bivalve biodiversity: new insights into ecology, biogeography and
conservation
Altaba, Cristian R.
09:20 – 10:00 A time to kill and a time to heal: Eradication of the Zebra mussel and
restoration of native mussels to improve water quality in the USA
Neves, Richard J.
10:00 – 10:20 Biodiversity and conservation of freshwater molluscs in the Plateau Lakes of
Yunnan Province, SW China
Aldridge, David C.
10:20 – 10:40 Identification and genetic characterization of new populations of the
endangered winged mapleleaf, Quadrula fragosa
Hemmingsen; Amanda H.; Serb, Jeanne M.
10:40 – 11:10 Tea/Coffee
Lecture hall T 148
BIODIVERSITY AT CROSSROADS: FRESHWATER BIVALVES FROM MASS
EXTINCTION TO GLOBAL INVASION
Chair: Ian Killeen
11:10 – 11:30 The relationship between age and shell length in freshwater pearl mussels
(Margaritifera margaritifera) from Sweden
Dunca, Elena; Söderberg, Håkan; Mutvei, Harry; Norgrann, Oskar
11:30 – 11:50 Phylogeographical differentiation of Iberian populations of freshwater pearl
mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) based on microsatellites data
Toledo, Carlos; Machordom, Annie; Araujo, Rafael
11:50 – 12:10 Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Nicaraguan freshwater mussels
(Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Roe, Kevin J.; Robinson, Stephen; Lopez de la Fuente, Adolfo
12:10 – 12:30 A morphologic, ecologic and molecular analysis of the freshwater mussels
(Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Portugal (western Iberian Peninsula)
Reis, Joaquim; Machordom, Annie; Araujo, Rafael
12:30 – 12:50 Complementarity within a functional group of filter-feeding freshwater
mussels influences stream foodwebs
Vaughn, Caryn C.; Spooner, Daniel E.; Galbraith, Heather S.
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