Amanda E. Rosenberger Kristen Irwin Womble 2025 <p><span>We have developed a comprehensive database for freshwater mussels for the Duck River drainage in Tennessee, including its largest tributary, the Buffalo River. &nbsp;This database is intended to serve as an expandable template that could be applied statewide. &nbsp;The Duck River is one of the most biologically diverse rivers in the world, with historically over 70 mussel species, and it has been selected as a priority watershed by multiple management and conservation entities. &nbsp;The database for this system compiles over 7,000 mussel records, spanning 200 years, from multiple Federal, State, academic, and private entities, representing 77 native species. &nbsp;The database is spatially explicit and includes temporal and methodological data for each record, and notes of negative survey data were made when possible. &nbsp;The database can facilitate the creation of distribution maps for each species and temporal maps of species richness to show watershed-wide trends. &nbsp;This project addresses the present lack of a centralized mussel database in Tennessee for a critical system. It will be available to facilitate species status assessments, inform conservation planning, and serve as a model for similar databases for other Tennessee watersheds.</span></p> application/pdf 10.3996/css36499787 en U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A comprehensive freshwater mussel database for the Duck River Drainage, Tennessee reports