expanded their search by visually scanning the riverbed in all suitable habitat for the brook floater that was accessible. In 2016, the project was modified to conduct surveys at 3 different periods of the year; early spring,
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Table 5: Total distances of Time-search surveys and of total habitat searched for the Brook Floater mussels in the Shediac River, 2016 ..... 16 Table 6: Total distances of habitat searched for the Brook Floater in the Scoudouc River, 2016 35 Table 7: Total search distances for the Shediac and Scoudouc River in 2016 ..... 40
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Family: Unionid Mussels (Unionidae) State Protection: Threatened A native species likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future in New York (includes any species listed as federally Threatened by the United States).
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A few decades ago, there were 20 recorded brook floater mussel populations in the state. Now there are four, and they’re on the state’s endangered species list. Those are in the Ware River, Bachelor Brook and the Nissiitissit and Farmington rivers.
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A thriving population of eastern pearl shell mussels was found, though; about 30 altogether in 100 meters. Brook floater mussels prefer warmer water temperatures and sandy river bottoms. Even though it’s not a suitable habitat, data gathered Monday is still important. Of the 12 species living in the state (all found in the region), many are in some sort of environmental danger, Hazelton said.
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The brook floater has virtually disappeared from the Susquehanna River basin since the mid-1950's (Strayer and Fetterman 1999). State Ranking Justification Formerly widespread in southeastern New York, this species has disappeared from many sites since the 1950's and is now extremely rare in the state.
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said to contain brook floater mussels in the 2005 study, as cited in the report Caissie C., D. Audet, 20061 “Freshwater mussel inventories in the Shediac and Scoudouc Rivers, NB”, and the areas in
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The brook floater is a small freshwater mussel with a kidney-shaped, bivalve (two shells hinged together) shell. There are conspicuous wavy ridges along the shell’s posterior (pointed end of the shell) slope.
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Distribution and Habitat. The brook floater ranges from the Savannah River Basin in South Carolina north to the St. Lawrence River Basin in Canada and west to the Ohio River Basin of West Virginia. In New Jersey, low numbers of brook floaters have been reported in the Stony Brook, Musconetcong, Raritan, Lamington and upper Delaware Rivers. Habitat of the brook floater includes rapids or riffles on rock and gravel substrates. Brook floaters can sometimes be found situated between rocks in areas with moderate to fast currents. The species prefers streams or small rivers and is often associated with the eastern elliptio, a common freshwater mussel.
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floater in the watershed; assess the health of the surrounding habitat; work with landowners to create a plan of protection for its habitat. Unfortunately, the rare species was never found in 2014
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brook floater mussel habitat
Habitat of the brook floater includes rapids or riffles on rock and gravel substrates. The habitat of the brook floater mussel includes rapids or riffles on rock and gravel substrates.  