Freshwater Pearl Mussel Surveys

Freshwater Pearl Mussel Surveys If you need a Freshwater Pearl Mussel Survey email us at [email protected] or ring +353 (0)61 419477. It is also recognised as critically endangered in Ireland.

The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is a species of bivalve mollusc that lives in rivers. It is a highly threatened animal, recently categorised as critically endangered across Europe. It is thought that 90% of all freshwater pearl mussels are known to have died out across Europe during the twentieth century. Owing to its threatened status and dramatic decline, the freshwater

pearl mussel is listed on Annex II and Annex V of the Habitats Directive. The status of the species across the EU was assessed in 2007 and found to be bad throughout. In Ireland, all populations of the species were considered unfavourable bad. The main cause of the poor status and the ongoing decline of the species across Ireland and Europe is sedimentation and enrichment (eutrophication) of its habitat.

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