DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24115998.v3
title: A trait dataset for freshwater mussels of the United States of America

description: Datasets that correspond to the data descriptor paper," Hopper, G.W., J.R. Bucholz, T.P. Dubose, K.J. Fogelman, S.M. Keogh, M.E. Kubala, M.B. Lodato, D.H. Nichols, I. Sánchez González, J.M. Pfeiffer, J.A. Stoeckel, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 2023. A trait dataset for freshwater mussels of the United States of America. Scientific Data. 10, article number 745https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02635-9"Please report any issues and updates to Garrett Hopper at ghopper@agcenter.lsu.edu. Expect updates to occur periodically and those updates will be described with the version number.Updates to the dataset 16 January 2024 by GWH<b>SHELDspeciesTraitMatrix2023AUG-&gt;</b><b>SHELDspeciesTraitMatrix2023AUGv3</b>Changed “Utterbackia_couperiana” to “Utterbackiana_couperiana” in the scientificName columnChanged “Utterbackia_heardi” to “Utterbackiana_heardi” in the scientificName columnChanged “Utterbackia_implicataa” to “Utterbackiana_implicata” in the scientificName columnChanged “Utterbackia_suborbiculata” to “Utterbackiana_suborbiculata” in the scientificName columnChanged “Utterbackia” to “Utterbackia” in the genus column for Utterbackiana suborbiculata.maxAge for Sagittunio subrostratus changed from “2” to “10”maxAge for Lampsilis abrupta changed from “5” to “25”<b>SHELDreferenceList2023AUG-&gt;</b><b>SHELDreferenceList2023AUGv3</b><br>Changed reference for maxAge of Sagittunio subrostratus to “Watters, G. T., Hoggarth, M. A. & Stansbery, D. H. The freshwater mussels of Ohio. Choice Reviews Online 47, 47-5655-47–5655 (2010).”Changed reference for maxAge of Lampsilis abrupta to “Watters, G. T., Hoggarth, M. A. & Stansbery, D. H. The freshwater mussels of Ohio. Choice Reviews Online 47, 47-5655-47–5655 (2010).”<b>SHELDspeciesStateMatrix2023AUG-&gt;</b><b>SHELDspeciesStateMatrix2023AUGv3</b>Changed “Utterbackia_couperiana” to “Utterbackiana_couperiana”Changed “Utterbackia_heardi” to “Utterbackiana_heardi”Changed “Utterbackia_implicataa” to “Utterbackiana_implicata”Changed “Utterbackia_suborbiculata” to “Utterbackiana_suborbiculata”Updated the state occurrences for Utterbackiana implicata and Utterbackia imbecellis. They were assigned to each other incorrectly.The first column is re-alphabetized to accommodate the changes above.<b>S</b><b>HELDmusselFishData2023AUG-&gt;</b><b>SHELDmusselFishData2023AUGv3</b>Changed “Utterbackia_couperiana” to “Utterbackiana_couperiana”Changed “Utterbackia_heardi” to “Utterbackiana_heardi”Changed “Utterbackia_implicataa” to “Utterbackiana_implicata”Changed “Utterbackia_suborbiculata” to “Utterbackiana_suborbiculata”Added “NA to fishFamily, fishGenus, fishSpecies where mussel host is not known.<b>SHELDgrowthRates2023AUG-&gt;</b><b>SHELDgrowthRates2023AUGv3</b>Changed “Utterbackia_couperiana” to “Utterbackiana_couperiana” in the scientificName columnChanged “Utterbackia_heardi” to “Utterbackiana_heardi” in the scientificName columnChanged “Utterbackia_implicataa” to “Utterbackiana_implicata” in the scientificName columnChanged “Utterbackia_suborbiculata” to “Utterbackiana_suborbiculata” in the scientificName column