The golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) is an invasive freshwater bivalve species that exerts harmful effects on the environment, as well man-made structures, such water-treatment systems. By using conventional sampling methods, it difficult to detect mussels under low-density conditions; however, environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis may be a rapid and efficient method for monitoring ...

Potomida semirugata, which belongs to the Unionidae family, require a host fish complete their life cycle. In this study, preference of species was investigated. Besides, mussel and hence attachment state larvae on were also Five different namely Cyprinus carpio, Oreochromis niloticus, Clarias gariepinus, Anguilla anguilla, Carasobarbus luteus used as candidates. five glass aquaria each contain...

Municipal effluents are complex mixtures of compounds such as heavy metals, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, and micro-organisms and are released in aquatic ecosystems. The purpose of this study was to verify whether changes in metallothioneins (MT) were associated with the accumulation of labile metals in tissue of freshwater mussels exposed to the dispersion plume of a major municipal eff...

Mussels are effective bioindicator organisms for aquatic environments. Therefore, they were often used to determine the effects of various xenobiotics in systems. There is no study our knowledge on vivo nanoparticles (NPs) activities ATPases freshwater mussels (Unio tigridis). This work demonstrates Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$, CuO, and TiO$_{2}$ NPs Na- ATPase, Ca-ATPase, Mg-ATPase gill muscle following 1...

Kinship relations within populations of unionicolid water mites are not well known, owing to their complex life cycles and the fact that interactions between active and resting stages for some species are transitory. A number of species of unionicolid water mites are, however, obligate symbionts of freshwater mussels and spend most of their life cycle in association with these hosts. Among thes...

Host-parasite systems have been useful in understanding coevolutionary patterns in sympatric species. Based on the exceptional interaction of the long-lived and highly host-specific freshwater pearl mussel (FPM; Margaritifera margaritifera) with its much shorter-lived host fish (Salmo trutta or Salmo salar), we tested the hypotheses that a longer duration of the parasitic phase increases fitnes...

Captive breeding programs are widely applied by conservation practitioners as a means of conserving, reintroducing, and supplementing populations imperilled freshwater fishes mussels. We conducted systematic map to provide an overview the existing literature on effectiveness captive release programs. A key finding is that there limited evaluation such at all three stages (i.e., broodstock colle...