About the Symposium
The most imperiled group of animals worldwide is also key to restoring water quality in rivers and lakes.
Freshwater Mollusk Conservation
Society
April 19-24, 2009
Marriott Waterfront - Baltimore, Maryland
Healthy Mollusks
= Healthy Rivers = Healthy People
The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society's 2009
Symposium focused on the ongoing work of North American malacologists
to restore, conserve, and understand our freshwater mollusks. In
2009, however, we broadened the scope and reach beyond our organization
to share information and learn from our international and tribal
partners.
FMCS membership is made up of agency, industry, non-governmental organizations
and academicians from across North America, mostly from the eastern
US and Canada but with an increasing overseas interest.
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Hosts & Sponsors
Committees & Contacts
Program & Abstracts (2.5 MB PDF)
Awards
Special session topics:
- Advances in Propagation of Mussels
- Pearl Culture
- Life History & Population Ecology
- Physiology and Reproductive Biology
- Systems and Community Ecology/Freshwater Mussel Ecosystem Services
- Habitat Restoration/Fish Passage/Connectivity
- Maritime, Roads, and Rail: Transportation, Impacts and Opportunities
- Water Quality and Ecotoxicology
- Status of Mollusks on Tribal Lands
- Conservation of Margaritiferidae
- Status and Distribution of Mollusks
- International Restoration Concerns
- Evolution and Systematics
- Outreach that Works
- Conservation Genetics
For More Information Contact:
Catherine Gatenby, Ph.D.
Project Leader
White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery
400 E. Main Street
White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
304-536-1361
Email: Catherine_Gatenby@fws.gov