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Websites
National Park Service website - Provides general information
about the taxonomy, biology, ecology, and population biology of freshwater
mussels. Site also contains details of freshwater mussel conservation
efforts (http://www.nature.nps.gov/wrd/mussels/mussels5-01.htm#TopOfPage)