UBAP Malacologist Sarah Douglass was featured as a Woman in Science.
Read the article from the Prairie Research Institute
Team discovers a new invasive clam in the U.S.
A new species or “form” of Asian clam was discovered in the Illinois River by Jeremy Tiemann and Sarah Douglass.
The discovery, confirmed by genetics, means a new invasive clam has made its official debut in North America, joining the countless other aquatic invasive species now found in our waters.
Read the Illinois News Bureau story
Most mussels survive relocation
In a three-year study, aquatic ecologist Jeremy Tiemann and colleagues at the Illinois Natural History Survey, a division of PRI, relocated 100 mussels upriver during a reconstruction project on the Interstate 90 bridge over the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois. “Our data suggest that short-distance relocation is a viable tool for mussel conservation,” Tiemann said.
Read complete news release from Prairie Research Institute
Read the paper published in Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation.