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TABS Species Account TN00502

TN00502 ELKTOE MUSSEL ALASMIDONTA MARGINATA

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

Management Practices

ResultManagement Action
BeneficialRegulating harvest of species being described
BeneficialMaintaining wilderness environment
BeneficialDeveloping/maintaining stream bank vegetation
BeneficialApplying fertilizers
BeneficialControlling sedimentation
BeneficialControlling pollution [thermal, chemical, physical]
BeneficialControlling water levels
AdverseMaintaining unique or special habitat features [wetlands, caves, etc.]
AdverseCreating impoundments
AdverseChannelization
AdverseConstruction of navigational improvements [dams, locks, etc.]
AdverseDredging
AdverseControlling water levels
AdverseDeveloping/maintaining mudflats
AdverseTimber harvesting - clearcutting
AdverseTimber harvesting - selection cuts
AdverseTimber harvesting - shelterwood cuts
AdverseTimber harvesting - seed tree cuts
AdverseApplying fertilizers
AdverseApplying herbicides
AdverseApplying pesticides
AdverseApplying insecticides
AdverseOther management practices [specified in comments]
AdverseDeposition of fill

References/ResultReference Numbers
Adverse3926, 3928, 3929, 2100
Beneficial3922, 2100, 3924, 3926, 3972, 3929

Comments on Management Practices

Population reductions are due to industrial pollution, siltation and impoundment *3926,3928,3929*.


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