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rd 3BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society March 16-19, 2003 • Sheraton Imperial Hotel • Durham, North Carolina, USA “Connections... A Focus on Habitat Conservation” A small army of professionals is constantly working to conserve the habitats of freshwater mollusks; however, the "scientific evidence" needed to support requirements associated with project related permits often isn't readily available. These folks need your help! The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS) is an organization devoted to the advocacy for, public education about, and conservation science of freshwater mollusks, North America's most imperiled fauna. Membership in the society is open to anyone interested in freshwater mollusks who supports the stated purposes of the Society: 1) advocate conservation of freshwater MEETING PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS molluscan resources, 2) serve as a conduit for information about Symposium Host Sponsors Symposium Financial Sponsors freshwater mollusks, NC Wildlife Resources Commission EnviroScience, Inc. 3) promote science-based management of NC Department of Transportation Mississippi Interstate Cooperative freshwater mollusks, NC State University Resources Association 4) promote and facilitate education and awareness College of Agriculture and Mussel Mitigation Trust Fund about freshwater mollusks and their function in Life Sciences NC Department of Transportation freshwater ecosystems, College of Veterinary Medicine NC Museum of Natural Sciences 5) assist with the facilitation of the National NC Cooperative Extension Service Tennessee Valley Authority Strategy for the Conservation of Native The Catena Group, Inc. Freshwater Mussels (Journal of Shellfish The Nature Conservancy of Virginia Research, 1999, Volume 17, Number 5), and a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries similar strategy under development for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service freshwater gastropods. 1 rd 3BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society March 16-19, 2003 • Sheraton Imperial Hotel • Durham, North Carolina, USA “Connections... A Focus on Habitat Conservation” A small army of professionals is constantly working to conserve the habitats of freshwater mollusks; however, the "scientific evidence" needed to support requirements associated with project related permits often isn't readily available. These folks need your help! MEETING PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS 1 Contents Contents....................................................................... 2 Layout of Hotel Meeting Rooms ............................... 2 Program Summary ..................................................... 3 Poster Session Schedule ............................................ 4 Detailed Program ........................................................ 5 Poster Session Abstracts .......................................... 10 Plenary Session Abstracts ........................................ 20 Platform Session Abstracts ...................................... 23 FMCS Officers 2002-2003 ......................................... 53 FMCS Standing Committees .................................... 53 Acknowledgments ................................................... 53 Meeting Survey.......................................................... 55 Layout of Hotel Meeting Rooms 2 3RD Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society March 16-19, 2003 • Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center • Durham, North Carolina “Connections... A Focus on Habitat Conservation” Sunday, March 16, 2003 Monday, March 17, 2003 Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM—FMCS Board 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM—Registration ................ Imperial 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM—Registration ............... Imperial 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM—Registration ............. Imperial Meeting. ......................................... Capital City Pre-Function Lobby Pre-Function Lobby Pre-Function Lobby 1:00 - 9:00 PM—Registration .................... Imperial 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM—Speaker Ready 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM—Speaker Ready 7:00 AM - Noon—Speaker Ready Room ............... Pre-Function Lobby Room Available ................................ Capital City Room Available .............................. Capital City Available ........................................ Capital City 1:00 - 6:30 PM—Poster Setup. ................. Imperial 8:00 AM - Noon—Welcome and 8:00 AM—Platform Session 3A: 8:00 AM—Platform Session 7A: Pre-Function Lobby Plenary Session ........................ Imperial I, II, III Life History & Ecology I ................. Imperial I, II Status & Distribution III .................. Imperial I, II Platform Session 3B: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM—Monday Platform Presenters 9:30 - 10:00 AM—Break. ........................... Imperial Platform Session 7B: Monitoring ..... Imperial III Propagation & Reproduction I ......... Imperial III to Turn in PowerPoint Files in Pre-Function Lobby 9:40 AM—Break. ...... Imperial Pre-Function Lobby Speaker Ready Room ................... Capital City 9:40 AM—Break. ...... Imperial Pre-Function Lobby Noon - 1:00 PM—Lunch ......... Imperial IV, V, VI, VII 9:40 AM—Poster Take Down ..................... Imperial 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM—Poster 10:20 AM—Platform Session 4A: Pre-Function Lobby Session ............... Imperial Pre-Function Lobby Noon - 1:00 PM—Committee Life History & Ecology II ................ Imperial I, II Meetings ............................ Imperial IV, V, VI, VII Platform Session 4B: 10:20 AM—Platform Session 8A: 10:00 PM—Poster Judge’s Gastropod Status & Distribution Relocation & Recovery .................... Imperial III Propagation & Reproduction II ...... Imperial I, II Meeting. ......................................... Capital City Mussel Status & Distribution Noon - 1:00 PM—Lunch ....... Imperial IV, V, VI, VII Platform Session 8B: Guidelines & Techniques / Commercial 7:00 - 10:00 PM—Speaker Ready Evolution & Phylogenetics III ........... Imperial III Room Available .............................. Capital City Information Exchange Noon - 1:00 PM—Committee Water Quality, Habitat & Zebra Mussels Meetings .......................... Imperial IV, V, VI, VII Noon - 1:00 PM—Lunch ............................ Imperial Propagation, Restoration & Introduction Pre-Function Lobby 1:00 PM—Platform Session 1A: Student Awards Status & Distribution I ..................... Imperial I, II Depart Symposium Platform Session 1B: Outreach Evolution & Phylogenetics I .............. Imperial III Other 2:40 PM—Break ......... Imperial Pre-Function Lobby 1:00 PM—Platform Session 5A: GIS ... Imperial I, II Platform Session 5B: 3:20 PM—Platform Session 2A: Evolution & Phylogenetics II ............ Imperial III Habitat & Conservation ................... Imperial I, II Platform Session 2B: 3:00 PM—Break ....... Imperial Pre-Function Lobby Contaminants I ................................. Imperial III 3:20 PM—Platform Session 6A: Status & Distribution II ................... Imperial I, II 5:30 - 7:30 PM—Tuesday Platform Presenters to Turn in PowerPoint Files in Platform Session 6B: Speaker Ready Room ..................... Capital City Contaminants II ............................... Imperial III 5:00 PM—Platform Judge’s Meeting .... Park Room 5:30 PM—Busses depart for NC Museum of Natural Sciences ............... Convention Center Entrance 5:30 - 7:30 PM—Wednesday Platform Presenters to Turn in PowerPoint Files in 7:00 - 11:00 PM—BBQ Social & Tour of Speaker Ready Room ................... Capital City NC Museum of Natural 8:00 - Midnight—FMCS Business Sciences .............................. Downtown Raleigh Meeting. ........................... Imperial IV, V, VI, VII Awards Presentations Auction/Raffle & Mixer 3 Sunday, March 16, 2003 Poster Session 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Moderator: Chris Eads, NC State University Location: Imperial Pre-Function Lobby PO 1 AQUATIC CONSERVATION PRIORITIES IN NORTH PO 11 STATUS ASSESSMENT FOR THREE IMPERILED MUSSEL PO 21 THE USE OF SHELL THIN-SECTIONS TO DETERMINE CAROLINA: DEFINING SIGNIFICANT AQUATIC NATURAL SPECIES: SPECTACLECASE (CUMBERLANDIA AGE AND GROWTH OF VILLOSA CONSTRICTA IN A HERITAGE AREAS MONODONTA), SHEEPNOSE (PLETHOBASUS NORTH CAROLINA STREAM Sarah E. Kopplin CYPHYUS), AND RAYED BEAN (VILLOSA FABALIS) Chris B. Eads PO 2 DOUBLE SAMPLING TO ESTIMATE DENSITY AND Robert S. Butler PO 22 TESTING WISCONSIN’S MUSSEL STREAMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF RARE FRESHWATER MUSSEL PO 12 FRESHWATER MUSSELS OF THE OCHLOCKONEE PESTICIDE PRESENCE AND CONCENTRATIONS POPULATIONS IN A LARGE FREE FLOWING RIVER RIVER BASIN: YEAR 1 Ursula C. Petersen R. Glenn Nelson Holly N. Blalock-Herod PO 23 AN EVALUATION OF THE VIABILITY OF GLOCHIDIA PO 3 DEVELOPING A STANDARDIZED FRESHWATER MUSSEL PO 13 STATUS OF PTYCHOBRANCHUS FASCIOLARIS, AFTER REMOVAL FROM MUSSELS SURVEY PROTOCOL FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN OBOVARIA SUBROTUNDA AND PLEUROBEMA SINTOXIA Ning Wang ATLANTIC SLOPE AND NORTHEASTERN GULF IN CANADA DRAINAGES IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA PO 24 THE EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION ON D.T. Zanatta Stacey L. Carlson CLEARANCE RATE AND THE PRODUCTION OF PO 14 PURPLE LILLIPUT SURVEY, RESCUE AND RECOVERY PSEUDOFECES IN ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA PO 4 MUSSEL SAMPLING SITE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PROGRAM FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, STATUS Ariel Capili SYSTEMS DATABASE REPORT, 2002 Holly N. Blalock-Herod PO25 JUVENILE DENSITY HAS DECREASED IN SELECT ST. Douglas J. Sweet CROIX RIVER MUSSEL COMMUNITIES OVER THE LAST PO 5 SAMPLING STRATEGY TO MEASURE POPULATION PO 15 PHYLOGENY OF NORTH AMERICAN AMBLEMINES 10 YEARS TRENDS OF LOW ABUNDANCE MUSSEL SPECIES David C. Campbell