Relations of Environmental Factors with Mussel-Species Richness in the Neversink River, New York
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A 6-year study of mussel communities and their • habitat in the Neversink River basin in southeastern New York found that the principal factors apparently affecting mussel-species richness were site (reach) elevation, drainage-area size, channel width, bottommaterial composition, water velocity, shear stress at bankfull discharge, and water quality (acidneutralizing capacity (ANC) and concentrations of calcium, phosphorus, and sulfate). Together these 10 factors explained as much as 94 percent of the variability in mussel-species richness across the watershed.
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