Climate Warming as a Possible Trigger of Keystone Mussel Population Decline in Oligotrophic Rivers at the Continental Scale

Climate Warming as a Possible Trigger of Keystone Mussel Population Decline in Oligotrophic Rivers at the Continental Scale

Abstract The effects of climate change on oligotrophic rivers and their communities are almost unknown, albeit these ecosystems are the primary habitat of the critically endangered freshwater pearl mussel and its host fishes, salmonids. The distribution and abundance of pearl mussels have drasticall...

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Main Authors: Ivan N. Bolotov, Alexander A. Makhrov, Mikhail Yu. Gofarov, Olga V. Aksenova, Paul E. Aspholm, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Mikhail B. Kabakov, Yulia S. Kolosova, Alexander V. Kondakov, Thomas Ofenböck, Andrew N. Ostrovsky, Igor Yu. Popov, Ted von Proschwitz, Mudīte Rudzīte, Māris Rudzītis, Svetlana E. Sokolova, Ilmari Valovirta, Ilya V. Vikhrev, Maxim V. Vinarski, Alexey A. Zotin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18873-y

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18873-y

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