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  <dc:contributor>Jayne Brim-Box</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>C. A. O’Brien</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1999</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The reproductive biology, glochidial morphology and recruitment of the federally endangered shinyrayed pocketbook,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Lampsilis subangulata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, were studied from May 1995 to July 1996 in the Flint River system, Georgia. Gravid female&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;L. subangulata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were found nine months of the year. On 19 May 1995, a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;L. subangulata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was discovered releasing a superconglutinate, the first record confirming that this species used this specialized reproductive strategy. Superconglutinate release occurred from late May to mid-July in water temperatures ranging from 20.0 to 23.5 C. Laboratory experiments indicated that two fish species served as primary hosts, the spotted bass (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Micropterus punctulatus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) and largemouth bass (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;M. salmoides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;). Secondary host fish included the eastern mosquitofish (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Gambusia holbrooki&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;), guppy (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Poecilia reticulata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) and bluegill (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Lepomis macrochirus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;). The glochidial morphology of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;L. subangulata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was similar to other lampsiline species. Using quantitative survey methods, no evidence of recent juvenile recruitment was found in the largest known extant&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;L. subangulata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;population.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0129:RBAJRO]2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>University of Notre Dame</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Reproductive biology and juvenile recruitment of the shinyrayed pocketbook, Lampsilis subangulata (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Gulf Coastal Plain</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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