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A Systematic Review Of The Global Freshwater Mussel Restoration Toolbox, Roland E. Eveleens, Catherine Febria Dr

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications

1. Halting the global decline of freshwater mussels requires an improved understanding of the restoration approaches currently in use and the identification of shortcomings to inform the development of new ones. This article reviews published evaluations of restoration efforts on the ground and those identified or proposed in the literature. 2. This review found few reports of the effectiveness of restoration measures, and of those reported there was strong temporal and geographical bias. Reports were mostly recent and took place within mussel-diverse regions of the Global North (i.e. North America, Europe). 3. Efforts focused on population support encompassed relocation, translocation …