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Freshwater Mussels

Dakota Kobler, a Master’s student at UIS (Environmental Studies, class of 2020), created this video as part of her graduate capstone project. Native freshwater mussels represent a diverse and important group of organisms. They provide a number of useful ecosystem services, such as filtering and cleaning waterways. Many species of native freshwater mussel have gone extinct and others are threatened or endangered, yet despite their importance mussels have received little attention. This may be due to their scarcity and non-charismatic nature. Our hope is that outreach materials, such as this video, will bring more attention to freshwater mussels.