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Unionid Records from Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana

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Abstract

In this era of dam building, many beautiful streams are ear-marked for the sacrificial block of so-called progress. In many instances, if not all, the faunas involved, other than the large, economically important fishes, are not being studied and recorded for future reference. The Marmaton River in Kansas and the Kings River in Arkansas are two such streams. The White, of course, already staggers under multiple dams, although there are brief stretches of that stream which still vaguely resemble the former wild condition. Although this paper does not pose as a detailed study of any fauna, it does list a few local unionid assemblages which may be of interest to workers carrying out post-impoundment requiems. In the species list which follows, the number collected precedes a set of parentheses, and the number in each parenthesis refers to the collecting locality.

How to Cite:

Branson, B. A., (1966) “Unionid Records from Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana”, Sterkiana 23(1), 7-8.