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Bivalves Articles:
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Last update/links checked: November 21, 2009.
Articles

Scientist studies the impact of ocean acidification on the Gulf of Maine
The Working Waterfront October, 2009


Urban Pond a Mixed Bag of Marine Life  
NorthJersey.com
2009

Clams reveal toxic hot spots in D.C.   
Chesapeake Bay Journal November 2009

Pocket-sized robo clam could anchor an oil rig.
Discover Magazine
The razor clam
Ensis directus was used as a model.

Mother of pearl secret revealed.
AScribe, the Public Interest Newswire, November 26, 2008

Unusual conditions cover beach with shells
The Herald Tribune, Sarasota, FL
An upwelling of cold, deep water in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in large accumulations of shells on
the beaches of SW Florida.

Recycling on Half the Shell  March 13, 2008
Medill Reports
Restoration of oyster beds (
Crassostrea virginica) in the Everglades.


A Second Honeymoon
Tampa Tribune
About the beach renourishment at Honeymoon Island, near Tampa, a good location for collecting
bivalves. A few months later, a storm swept most of the sand.

PREVIOUS NEWS ARTICLES
Scientific Articles In HTML Format

Energetic physiology of the Caribbean scallops Argopecten nucleus and Nodipecten nodosus fed
with different microalgal diets
(Abstract in HTML) by Velasco 2007

The evolutionary & biogeographic origins of the endemic Pectinidae of the Galapagos Islands
(Abstract in HTML) by Waller 2007

Phylogeny of families in the Pectinoidea: importance of the fossil record
(Abstract in HTML) by Waller, 2006

Phylogeny of Veneroidea based on morphology and molecules
(Abstract in HTML) by Mikkelsen, Bieler, Kappner, Rawlings, 2006

Phylogenetics of American scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) based on partial 16s and 12s ribosomal
RNA sequences
(Abstract in HTML) by Saavedra & Pena 2006

The Arcoidea (Mollusca:Bivalvia): A review of the current phenetic-based systematics.
(Abstract in HTML) by Oliver & Holmes 2006

Phylogeny of venus clams
(Abstract in HTML) by Kappner & Bieler  2006

Marine bivalves & the fidelity of the fossil record
(Abstract in HTML) by Valentine, Jablonski, Kidwell, & Roy  2006

Taxonomic implications of molecular studies on Northern Brazilian Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
specimens
FULL ARTICLE  by Santos et al 2005

Placing the Floridian marine disjunction into a regional evolutionary context using the scorched
mussel, Brachidontes exustus, species complex.
(Abstract in HTML) by Lee & Foighil 2005

Bivalve Phylogeny using Morphology and DNA Sequence Data
(Abstract in HTML)  by Giribet & Wheeler 2002

Historical Reconstruction of Chionine Genera (Veneridae)  
(Abstract in HTML)  by Roopnarine, 2001

The fisheries for mangrove cockles, Anadara spp., from Mexico to Peru with descriptions ...
FULL ARTICLE (HTML) by MacKenzie, 2001

Mollusks of a tropical lagoon system in the southern Gulf of Mexico
FULL ARTICLE  (HTML) by Garcia-Cubas



Scientific Articles in PDF Format
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Ten new species of Cardiidae from New Caledonia & tropical western Pacific
PDF of 25 page article by Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007

Marine invertebrate diversity in Aristotle's zoology
PDF of 18 page article by Voultsiadou & Vafidis 2007

Two new species of protocardiine cockles from the tropical Southwest Pacific
PDF of 20 page article by Poutiers 2006

Veneridae of the north coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
PDF of 34 page article by Denadai et al 2006

Scallops - Pecten maximus and Pecten jacobeus
PDF of 7 page article by Beaumont & Gjedrum 2006

Abstracts from International Congress on Bivalvia, July 2006, Barcelona
PDF of complete 82 page document. (1.3 MB)


Posters from Scientific Meetings - in PDF
If you have a slow connection, these may take a few minutes to load, but they are
interesting and illustrated in color.

Molluscan Diversity of the Florida Keys: A faunal project based on original collections, museum
holdings and literature data.
PDF of Poster (3.4 MB) by Bieler & Mikkelsen
International Congress on Bivalvia, July 2006, Barcelona

Easy to see, difficult to describe:Towards a standardised description of bivalve larval shell shape.
PDF of Poster (1.1 MB) by Nikolaus Malchus
International Congress on Bivalvia, July 2006, Barcelona

Morphological phylogenetics of the early bivalvia
PDF of 6 page Poster (1.7 MB) by Carter, Campbell, & Campbell
International Congress on Bivalvia, July 2006, Barcelona

Phylogenetic studies of the marine bivalve subfamily Venerinae (Bivalvia: Veneridae).
PDF of Poster (1.2 MB) by Kappner & Bieler
International Congress on Bivalvia, July 2006, Barcelona
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