Mussel Project Reports
Brim Box, J., D. Wolf, J. Hoard, C. O’Brien, D. Nez, and D. Close. 2004. Distribution and status of freshwater mussels in the Umatilla River System. 2002-2003 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 74 electronic pages, (PPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-1).
Brim Box, J. 2009. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2007-2008 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 57 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Brim Box, J. 2011a. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2008-2009 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 65 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Brim Box, J. 2011b. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2009-2010 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 42 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Brim Box, J. 2012. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2010-2011 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 37 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Brim Box, J. 2014. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2012-2013 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 110 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Brim Box, J. 2015. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2014 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 21 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Brim Box, J., and J. Mossa. 1999. Sediment, land use, and freshwater mussels: prospects and problems. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18(1):99-117.
CTUIR (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation). 2021. Master Plan: Freshwater Mussel Conservation, Supplementation, Aquaculture, Restoration, and Research. Prepared by Alexa Maine, Christine O’Brien, and Brian McIlraith. Submitted to Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC) December 10, 2021, pp. 143.
Glidewell, B. 2017a. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2015 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 39 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Glidewell, B. 2017b. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2016 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 32 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Glidewell, B. 2018. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2017 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 107 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Howard, J. 2005. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project,” 2003-2004 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 94 electronic pages (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-2).
Maine, A. 2020a. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2018 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 28 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Maine, A. 2020b. “Freshwater Mussels Research and Restoration Project”, 2019 Annual Report, Project No. 200203700, 33 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00011402-X).
Mussel Project Poster and Oral Presentations
Maine, A. 2020. Community and Reciprocity in Conservation Aquaculture of Pacific Lamprey and Western Freshwater Mussels: Species of Importance to Native American tribes of the Columbia River Basin. Doctoral dissertation. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
Maine, A.N., B. McIlraith, and C. O’Brien. 2020. Freshwater mussel master supplementation plan: Challenges of restoring a cryptic and complex aquatic organism. Oral presentation. American Fisheries Society annual (virtual) meeting. September 14-25, 2020.
Maine, A., C. O’Brien, and D. Nez. 2019. Gonidea angulata (Western Ridged Mussel) life history and status on CTUIR ceded territory, Oregon. Poster. SMCS Symposium. at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX, April 14-18, 2019.
Maine, A., C. O’Brien, and D. Nez. 2017. Freshwater mussel decline in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon. FMCS 10th Biannual Symposium at the Marriott, Cleveland, OH, March 26 – 30, 2017.
Mussel Project Publications
Use of native and non-native fish host by the western freshwater mussel Anodonta californiensis (California Floater) in the Columbia River Basin. Maine, A. and C. O’Brien. 2022. Use of native and non-native fish host by the western freshwater mussel Anodonta californiensis (California Floater) in the Columbia River Basin. Malacologia 64(2): 203-213.
Šáxu Siwáala Seewíʔs: River mussels through time, 2nd edition. CTUIR (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation). 2020. Šáxu Siwáala Seewíʔs: River mussels through time, 2nd edition. Lynx Group Publishing, Walla Walla, Washington.
A comparison of glochidial shells of the freshwater mussels Anodonta californiensis, Anodonta kennerlyi, Anodonta nuttalliana and Anodonta oregonensis. O’Brien, C., A. Maine, D. Nez, and J. Brim Box. 2019. A comparison of glochidial shells of the freshwater mussels Anodonta californiensis, Anodonta kennerlyi, Anodonta nuttalliana and Anodonta oregonensis. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 22:20-24.
Aligning environmental management with ecosystem resilience: A First Foods example from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, USA. Quaempts, E. J., K. L. Jones, S. J. O’Daniel, T. J. Beechie, and G. C. Poole. 2018. Aligning environmental management with ecosystem resilience: A First Foods example from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, USA. Ecology and Society 23(2):29.
Extinction risk of Western North American freshwater mussels: Anodonta nuttalliana, the Anodonta oregonensis/kennerlyi clade, Gonidea angulata, and Margaritifera falcata. Blevins, E., S. Jepsen, J. Brim Box, D. Nez, J. Howard, A. Maine, and C. O’Brien. 2017. Extinction risk of Western North American freshwater mussels: Anodonta nuttalliana, the Anodonta oregonensis/kennerlyi clade, Gonidea angulata, and Margaritifera falcata. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 20:71-88.
Conserving the Gems of Our Waters: Best Management Practices for Protecting Native Western Freshwater Mussels During Aquatic and Riparian Restoration, Construction, and land management Projects and Activities. Blevins, E., L. McMullen, S. Jepsen, M. Blackburn., A. Code, and S. H. Black. 2017. Conserving the Gems of Our Waters: Best Management Practices for Protecting Native Western Freshwater Mussels During Aquatic and Riparian Restoration, Construction, and land management Projects and Activities. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Portland, OR. 108pp.
Long-term growth-increment chronologies reveal diverse influences of climate forcing on freshwater and forest biota in the Pacific Northwest. Black, B., J. B. Sunham, B. Blundon, J. Brin-Box, and A. J. Tepley. 2014. Long-term growth-increment chronologies reveal diverse influences of climate forcing on freshwater and forest biota in the Pacific Northwest. Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/gcn.12756.
Reproductive Biology of Anodonta californiensis, Gonidea angulata, and Margaritifera falcata (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Middle Fork John Day River, OR. O’Brien, C., D. Nez, D. Wolf, and J. BrimBox. 2013. Reproductive Biology of Anodonta californiensis, Gonidea angulata, and Margaritifera falcata (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Middle Fork John Day River, OR. Northwest Science 87(1):59-72.
Comparison of population genetic patterns in two widespread freshwater mussels with contrasting life histories in western North America. Mock, K. E., J. C. Brim Box, J. P. Chong, J. Furnish, and J. K. Howard. 2013. Comparison of population genetic patterns in two widespread freshwater mussels with contrasting life histories in western North America. Molecular Ecology 22:5963-6197.
Genetic structuring in the freshwater mussel Anodonta corresponds with major hydrologic basins in the western United States. Mock, K. E., J. C. Brim-Box, J. P. Chong, J. K. Howard, D. A. Nez, D. Wolf, and R. S. Gardner. 2010. Genetic structuring in the freshwater mussel Anodonta corresponds with major hydrologic basins in the western United States. Molecular Ecology 19:569-591.
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in western North American Anodonta species. Chong, J. P., J. C. Brim Box, D. Nez, and K. E. Mock. 2009. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in western North American Anodonta species. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(3):939-943.
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the western pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera falcata (Gould). Chong, J. P., J. C Brim Box, D. Nez, and K. E. Mock. 2009. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the western pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera falcata (Gould). Molecular Ecology Resources 9(3):995-999.
Three deeply dived lineages of the freshwater mussel genus Anodonta in western North America. Chong, J. P., J. C. Brim Box, J. K. Howard, D. Wolf, T. L. Myers, and K. E. Mock. 2008. Three deeply dived lineages of the freshwater mussel genus Anodonta in western North America. Conservation Genetics 9:1303-1309.
Freshwater Mussels Bivalvia:Unionoida) of the Umatilla and Middle Fork John Day Rivers in Eastern Oregon. Brim Box, J., J. Howard, D. Wolf, C. O’Brien, D. Nez, and D. Close. 2006. Freshwater Mussels Bivalvia:Unionoida) of the Umatilla and Middle Fork John Day Rivers in Eastern Oregon. Northwest Science 80(2): 95-107.