Sheffield The analysis of freshwater bivalves from archaeological contexts has largely been limited to environmental and dietary reconstructions and studies of seasonality. From prehistoric Native American utensils to pearl buttons of the early 1900s to the contemporary cultured pearl industry, shells of freshwater mussels have been used by humans for centuries.
Lesson plan to demonstrate the impact of a non-native species to an environment.
An article by Dr. G. Thomas Watters. I hope that conservation professionals and educators will make use of these images to promote conservation of these endangered molluscs. Reproduction of freshwater mussels in the Tocantins river, Brazil, and implications for sustainable harvesting Use of freshwater mussels in stable isotope geochemistry, abstract. I hope that conservation professionals and educators will make use of these images to promote conservation of these endangered molluscs. Thanks to the expertise and inspiration of Doug Shelton we have started to catalog and categorize our thousands of freshwater shells.