Mussel mortality Clinch River

A pile of recently dead freshwater mussels collected by biologists from the Clinch River at Sycamore Island, Virginia.
Photo By/Credit
Meagan Racey/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
10/17/2019
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A pile of recently dead freshwater mussels collected by biologists from the Clinch River at Sycamore Island, Virginia. Biologists first noticed significant mussel mortality on the Clinch River in 2016 on all major mussel shoals from Horton Ford through Swan Island. Pleasantshell started dying at Sycamore Islands in 2018. Shoals are wade-able riffle and run stream habitat with sand or gravel.
Ecosystem
River/stream
Subject tags
Animal health
Diseases
Freshwater mussels
Mollusks
Research
Rivers and streams