Publications and Research Notes
Glacial vicariance and secondary contact shape demographic histories in a freshwater mussel species complex
Article in Journal of Heredity | November 2023 | DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esad075 Nathan A. Johnson1*, Andrew R. Henderson2, Jess W. Jones3, […]
New distributional records and rediscovery of three rare freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in the Sequatchie River, Tennessee
Gerald R. Dinkins1*, Barbara J. Dinkins2, Hugh D. Faust2, Robert T. Eldridge2, Brian M. Mize2 Abstract We present new drainage […]
First report of Eubranchipus stegosus Rogers, Jensen, & Floyd, 2004 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Florida
Barbara J. Dinkins1,*, Gerald R. Dinkins2, and D. Christopher Rogers3 Abstract We present a new population of the fairy shrimp […]
Genetic and morphological characterization of the freshwater mussel clubshell species complex (Pleurobema clava and Pleurobema oviforme) to inform conservation planning
Cheryl L. Morrison, Nathan A. Johnson, Jess W. Jones, Michael S. Eackles, Aaron W. Aunins, Daniel B. Fitzgerald, Eric M. […]
Spilling the Beans on the Beanome Project: A Bio-Cultural Study of the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the New World
Timothy Baumann1, 2, 3, Katharina Höland4, Ingo Ohlsson5, Kandace Hollenbach1, 2, Hector Castro4, 6, Shawn Campagna4, 6 At the University […]
A New Species of Bridled Darter Endemic to the Etowah River System in Georgia (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina)
by Thomas J. Near, Daniel J. MacGuigan, Emily L. Boring, Jeffrey W. Simmons, Brett Albanese, Benjamin P. Keck, Richard C. […]
A Survey of Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the Upper Barren River System, Tennessee
by Gerald R. Dinkins, Kristin I. Womble, and Steven A. Ahlstedt Abstract The freshwater mussel fauna of the Barren River […]
Molecular and morphological data reveal non-monophyly and speciation in imperiled freshwater mussels (Anodontoides and Strophitus)
by Chase H. Smith, Nathan A. Johnson, John M. Pfeiffer, and Michael M. Gangloff Abstract Accurate taxonomic placement is vital […]
New Species Distribution Record for Simpsonaias ambigua (Say) (Salamander Mussel, Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Harpeth River, Tennessee
Abstract – Simpsonaias ambigua (Salamander Mussel) is the only North American freshwater mussel known to parasitize an amphibian […]
Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) of the Buffalo River Drainage, Tennessee
by Matthew P. Reed, Gerald R. Dinkins*, and Steven A. Ahlstedt 2019. “Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) of the […]