Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Pisidium amnicum listed in key words.

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16960 Journal Article Araujo, R., and M.A. Ramos. 1999. Histological description of the gonad, reproductive cycle, and fertilization of Pisidium amnicum (Muller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). The Veliger 42(2):124–131.
16961 Journal Article Araujo, R., M.A. Ramos, and R. Molinet. 1999. Growth pattern and dynamics of a southern peripheral population of Pisidium amnicum (Muller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) in Spain. Malacologia 41(1):119–137.
16962 Journal Article Beran, L. 1998. Molluscs (Gastropoda; Bivalvia) of the wetlands in the Libechovka and Psovka brook basin. Casopis Narodniho Muzea Rada Prirodovedna 167(1-4):43–51.
46772 Journal Article Bespalaya, Yulia V, Vinarski, Maxim V, Aksenova, Olga V, Babushkin, Evgeniy S, Gofarov, Mikhail Yu, Kondakov, Alexander V, Konopleva, Ekaterina S, Kropotin, Alexander V, Mabrouki, Youness, Ovchankova, Nadezda B, Palatov, Dmitry M, Sokolova, Svetlana E, Shevchenko, Alexander R, Travina, Oksana V, Taybi, Abdelkhaleq F, Soboleva, Alena A, Zubrii, Natalia A, Bolotov, Ivan N. 2024. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the sphaeriinae (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(2):305–338. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad139.
16899 Report Burch, J.B. 1975. Freshwater unionacean clams (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) of North America. Biota of freshwater ecosystems, identification manual no. 11. US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
46757 Thesis or Dissertation Carl Pagel. 1969. Aquatic diptera in Lake Champlain embayments. Unpublished M.S. thesis. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
16963 Journal Article Dyduch-Falniowska, A. 1982. Oscillations in density and diversity of Pisidium communities in 2 biotopes in southern Poland. Hydrobiological Bulletin 16(2-3):123–132.
46589 Database Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2026. Pisidium amnicum (O.F.Müller, 1774). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/215855244. Accessed on 02/13/2026.
43000 Database Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2022. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Pisidium amnicum
greater European peaclam. GBIF. Accessed on 08/22/2022.
16964 Journal Article Grabow, K. 1994. Mollusca of Salzgitter branch canal (Mittellandkanal) near Brunswick, Lower Saxony. Braunschweiger Naturkundliche Schriften 4(3):485–496.
13623 Journal Article Grigorovich, I.A., A.V. Korniushin, D.K. Gray, I.C. Duggan, R.I. Colautti, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2003. Lake Superior: an invasion coldspot? Hydrobiologia 499(1-3):191–210.
13602 Journal Article Heinonen, J., J.V.K. Kukkonen, and I.J. Holopainen. 1999. The effects of parasites and temperature on the accumulation of xenobiotics in a freshwater clam. Ecological Applications 9(2):475–481.
13601 Journal Article Heinonen, J., O. Penttinen, I.J. Holopainen, and J.V.K. Kukkonen. 2003. Sublethal energetic responses by Pisidium amnicum (Bivalvia) exposed to pentachlorophenol at two temperatures. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22(2):433–438.
16939 Book Herrington, H.B. 1962. A revision of the Sphaeriidae of North America (Mollusca: Pelecypoda). Volume Miscellaneous Publications 118. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.
13608 Journal Article Holopainen, I.J. 1979. Population dynamics and production of Pisidium species (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae) in the oligotrophic and mesohumic lake Paajarvi, southern Finland. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 54(4):466–508.
13604 Journal Article Holopainen, I.J. 1987. Seasonal variation of survival time in anoxic water and the glycogen content of Sphaerium corneum and Pisidium amnicum (Bivalvia, Pisidiidae). American Malacological Bulletin 5(1):41–48.
13610 Journal Article Holopainen, I.J., and I. Hanski. 1986. Life history variation in Pisidium (Bivalvia: Pisidiidae). Holarctic Ecology 9:85–98.
13609 Journal Article Holopainen, I.J., and O. Penttinen. 1993. Normoxic and anoxic heat output of the freshwater bivalves Pisidium and Sphaerium. Oecologia 83:215–223.
13605 Journal Article Holopainen, I.J., S. Lamberg, E.T. Valtonen, and J. Rantanen. 1997. Effects of parasites on life history of the freshwater bivalve, Pisidium amnicum, in eastern Finland. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 139(4):461–477.
46586 Journal Article Karatayev, A. and L.E. Burlakova. 2026. Invasion dynamics and impact of non-native molluscs in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 52(1):102706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2025.102706.
17268 Book Mackie, G.L. 2007. Biology of freshwater Corbiculid and Sphaeriid clams of North America. Volume XV. Ohio Biological Survey.
13065 Journal Article Mills, E.L., D.L. Strayer, M.D. Scheuerell, and J.T. Carlton. 1996. Exotic species in the Hudson River basin: A history of invasions and introductions. Estuaries 19(4):814–823.
703 Journal Article Mills, E.L., J.H. Leach, J.T. Carlton, and C.L. Secor. 1993. Exotic species in the Great Lakes: a history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions. Journal of Great Lakes Research 19(1):1–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0380-1330(93)71197-1.
18054 Journal Article Mills, E.L., M.D. Scheuerell, J.T. Carlton, and D.L. Strayer. 1997. Biological invasions in the Hudson River basin: an inventory and historical analysis. New York State Museum Circular 57:1–51.
46130 Database Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP). 2025. Invasive alien aquatic fauna in Quebec, updated 2025-06-10. Government of Québec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/faune-aquatique-exotique-envahissante-au-quebec]. Created on 01/11/2024. Accessed on 07/17/2025.
16966 Journal Article Por, F.D., H.J. Bromley, Ch. Dimentman, G.N. Herbst, and R. Ortal. 1986. River Dan, headwater of the Jordan, an aquatic oasis of the Middle East. Hydrobiologia 134:121–140.
16967 Journal Article Rantanen, J.T., E.T. Valtonen, and I.J. Holopainen. 1998. Digenean parasites of the bivalve mollusk Pisidium amnicum in a small river in eastern Finland. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 33(3):201–208.
34049 Journal Article Sousaa, R., A.J.A. Nogueirac, C. Antunesa,L. Guilhermino. 2008. Growth and production of Pisidium amnicumin the freshwater tidal area of the River Minho estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 79:467–474.
13061 Journal Article Strayer, D. 1987. Ecology and zoogeography of the freshwater mollusks of the Hudson River Basin. Malacological Review 20:1–68.
13063 Journal Article Strayer, D.L. 1999. Effects of alien species on freshwater mollusks in North America. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18(1):74–98. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1468010.
16968 Journal Article Sturm, R. 2000. The fresh water molluscs in waters and small swamps of the Postalm area (Tennengau, Salzburg). Linzer Biologische Beitraege 32(2):1235–1246.
19520 Journal Article Trebitz, A.S., C.W. West, J.C. Hoffman, J.R. Kelly, G.S. Peterson, and I.A. Grigorovich. 2010. Status of non-indigenous benthic invertebrates in the Duluth-Superior Harbor and the role of sampling methods in their detection. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36(4):747–756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2010.09.003.
39842 Database U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Benthic Macroinvertebrate AIS Early Detection efforts on Lake Superior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ashland, WI. Accessed on 09/16/2022.
16754 Journal Article Vincent, B. 1979. Étude du benthos d’eau douce dans le haut-estuaire du Saint-Laurent (Québec). Canadian Journal of Zoology 57(11):1271–2182.
44852 Journal Article Vincent, B., and G. Vaillancourt. 1978. Les groupements benthiques du fleuve Saint-Laurent près des centrales nucléaires de Gentilly (Québec). Canadian Journal of Zoology 56(7):1585–1592. https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-220.
16969 Journal Article Vincent, B., G. Vaillancourt and, N. Lafontaine. 1981. Cycle of development, growth, and production of Pisidium amnicum (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the St. Lawrence River (Quebec). Canadian Journal of Zoology 59(12):2350–2359.
16970 Journal Article Zettler, M.L. 1997. The aquatic malacofauna (Gastropoda et Bivalvia) in the catchment area of a North German Lowland River, the Warnow. Limnologica 26(3):327–337.
16971 Journal Article Zettler, M.L. 1998. The aquatic molluscs in the drainage area of the River Peene (North-East Germany). Malakologische Abhandlugen (Dresden) 19(1):127–138.
16972 Journal Article Zhokov, A.E. 1990. Seasonal and age-related characteristics of trematode parthenite invasion of a bivalve mollusk Pisidium amnicum population. Byulleten’ Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biolgicheskii 95(6):43–52.


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