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Tim Lane

@TimLane13

Relentlessly optimistic shellfishionado, restoring imperiled #Unionida. There are some who call me… ‘Tim?’ & 2 who call me ‘Dad.’ Tweets are mine!

 Westmoreland, TN
Joined December 2011
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Redline darter caught and infested by female Epioblasma capsaeformis! 😮 #VDWR_AWCC #freshwatermussels #darters
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Leaving DWR in a few more weeks. Going out with some good babydoll JUJU!! 👶☘️We stocked some T. sparsa…Then 5 min later we find this gem. Obviously, the river gods accept our offering and bless our sacrifice!
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Clinch River (Russel Co,, VA) check-in, following Helene and another bigger flood this spring. Our pit-tagged babies said, flood?…no problem! Looking really happy and healthy!
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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK23…
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Another new pub out! Tons of credit to Jordan for herding us through peer review. This is a monumental achievement IMO. mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/17/253…
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Another pub hot off the press: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
Multisystemic inflammatory disease in Pheasantshell (Unionidae, Actinonaias pectorosa) associated...

Multisystemic inflammatory disease in Pheasantshell (Unionidae, Actinonaias pectorosa) associated...

Freshwater mussels are integral components of riverine ecosystems, influencing water quality, nutrient cycling, and habitat characteristics. Enigmatic freshwater mussel declines, often characterized...

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Our new pub: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Hatcheries maintain high genetic variation but show shifts in genetic structure of progenies of...

Hatcheries maintain high genetic variation but show shifts in genetic structure of progenies of...

We assessed genetic variation at mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA microsatellites for progeny (i.e., juveniles produced at a hatchery) of five endangered Epioblasma species reared at three...

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Our new paper on mussel feeding ecology at AWCC. Enjoy! researchgate.net/publication…
(PDF) Freshwater mussels prefer a diet of stramenopiles and fungi over bacteria

(PDF) Freshwater mussels prefer a diet of stramenopiles and fungi over bacteria

PDF | Freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Unionidae) play a crucial role in freshwater river environments where they live in multi-species aggregations and... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

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My cup runneth over… #freshwatermussels #darters #ouchie
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Filmed at #VDWR_AWCC, here is a sequence that Brett Billings made of our Fluted Kidneyshell releasing their Prosimulium pupae-mimicking conglutinates to attract and dupe its host the redline darter! #freshwatermussels #aquaticinsects vimeo.com/762364176
4_Mussel_Conglutes_Mstr.mov

4_Mussel_Conglutes_Mstr.mov

This is "4_Mussel_Conglutes_Mstr.mov" by Brett C. Billings on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Check out the May/June feature article in Virginia Wildlife Magazine! Thanks, to my staff at #VDWR_AWCC and our partners for all they put into this effort! #stopextinction #freshwatermussels dwr.virginia.gov/blog/saving…

Saving the Appalachian Monkeyface

Staff at DWR’s Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center are working to preserve a species on the brink of extinction.

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Congratulations, @donaldorth, on retirement! Thank you, for so many years of dedicated service to fisheries and graduate students (like me)! Your kind words and perspective following the ‘07 shooting were powerful and helped me deal with the grief more than you could know!
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Goodbye, Portland! Really fun #FMCS ! Look forward to seeing all you mollusk folk at the next meeting!
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Trying some local flavor in Portland, OR with my boy Zach from MD DNR!
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Just met AmericanRivers’ Erin, at 2023 #FMCS Portland! More #freahwatermussel #SciComm to come!
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New pub: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Description of the mantle lure and novel mimicry of the endangered Cumberlandian Combshell (Epiob...

Description of the mantle lure and novel mimicry of the endangered Cumberlandian Combshell (Epiob...

We describe for the first time the mantle lure morphology and mimicry of Epioblasma brevidens, showing its close resemblance to the reproductive anatomy of a gravid female crayfish, and a novel form...

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True Facts: Mussels That Catch Fish youtu.be/V2x8ts5STzY via @YouTube This is the best stuff I’ve seen in a while! 😂 Take a few minutes and watch all the amazing mussel action described with the appropriate terminology! #freshwatermussels are #superiortostupidfish
True Facts: Mussels That Catch Fish

True Facts: Mussels That Catch Fish

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