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Glochidia found on Yellow Perch gill collected from a lake in Maine. Photo credit: Stefanie Farrington.
The goal of this project is to assess the relative use of different host fishes by Yellow Lampmussel based on natural infection in the wild. Fish with glochidia infestations will be collected from waterbodies spanning the YLM range and mussel species will be identified using DNA amplicon sequencing. Any differences in the relative importance of YLM hosts across the range may have important implications for management and restoration efforts.
Project Updates
An update on this research project was presented at the 2024 Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Cooperator's Meeting.
Funding for this research project is provided by:
the U.S. Geological Survey through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Support Partnership
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Richard Cronin Aquatic Resource Center
the University of Massachusetts Amherst Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program
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