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Project T-82-R1

Project Title: Defining Expectations for Mussel Communities in Illinois Wadeable Streams

Community and/or Species Focus: Mussels

Goals/Objectives:

  1. Update knowledge of mussel SGCN in areas where locality or recruitment information is incomplete
  2. Status revision and update for mussel SGCN
  3. Develop at least 5 actions for the Streams Campaign, focused on mussel conservation
  4. Develop a species distribution model for at least 30 Illinois mussel species
  5. Enhance the data entry and export functionality of IDNR's master mussel database

Achievements:

  1. ​Mussel data collection, recruitment sampling, habitat suitability assessments, and geographic range assessments were conducted for mussel SGCN
  2. Reviewed 77 mussel species (including the current mussel SGCN) using SGCN criteria​; status objectives and stresses were also updated and revised for the current SGCN
  3. Developed 5 suggested actions for the Streams Campaign
  4. Developed a species distribution model for 39 mussel species that predicted relative abundance and historic ranges
  5. The database was inventoried, organized, and imported for data entry or export

Post-Project Survey (if applicable): n/a

Project Period: 9/1/13 - 12/29/16

Principle Investigator(s): Kevin Cummings, Yong Cao, Ann Holtrop (Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois Department of Natural Resources)

Final Report: T-82-R1​