Complex hydraulic and substrate variables limit freshwater mussel species richness and abundance

Agriculture & Biology

• freshwater mussels 100%
• species abundance 74%
• fluid mechanics 70%
• mussels 65%
• species richness 63%
• shear stress 21%
• habitats 18%
• aquatic organisms 12%
• rivers 8%
• testing 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• species richness 63%
• substrate 50%
• hydraulics 49%
• low flow 27%
• habitat 17%
• shear stress 16%
• aquatic organism 9%
• limiting factor 9%
• distribution 6%
• river 4%
• test 3%