Host fishes for the endangered dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) from various locations in the northeastern United States (1999-2007)

Data is included for three sets of laboratory experiments where various fish species were tested in several multi-week trials to determine their suitability in serving as parasitic hosts for larvae of the freshwater mussel named dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) from the Mid-Atlantic region and New England of the United States. The first set of experiments tested host suitability of multiple fish species, the second compared host suitability of groups of tessellated darters (Etheostoma olmstedi; a known host) from multiple locations, and the third tested host suitability of individual tessellated darters. Results are reported in numbers of juvenile mussels per fish (JPF; total juvenile mussels produced by each fish tested) and metamorphosis success (MS; proportion of larvae that attached to fish and successfully metamorphosed into juvenile mussels). Data is associated with the publication: White, B.S.J., Ferreri, C.P., Lellis, W.A., Wicklow, B.J., and Cole, J.C., 2017, Geographic variation in host fish use and larval metamorphosis for the endangered dwarf wedgemussel: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2782.

本数据集包含三组实验室实验数据：实验以多种鱼类为受试对象，开展多组为期数周的受控试验，以评估其作为美国中大西洋地区及新英格兰地区濒危淡水贝类矮楔蚌（Alasmidonta heterodon）幼虫的寄生宿主的适宜性。其中，第一组实验测试了多种鱼类的宿主适宜性；第二组对比了不同地理种群的纹镖鲈（Etheostoma olmstedi，已知宿主）类群的宿主适宜性；第三组针对单个纹镖鲈开展宿主适宜性测试。实验结果以两项核心指标进行报告：每尾鱼寄生幼蚌数量（JPF：每尾受试鱼产出的幼蚌总数），以及变态成功率（MS：附着于鱼体并成功变态为幼蚌的幼虫占比）。本数据集关联的已发表文献为：White, B.S.J.、Ferreri, C.P.、Lellis, W.A.、Wicklow, B.J. 与 Cole, J.C. 于2017年发表于《水生保护：海洋与淡水生态系统》（*Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems*）的研究《濒危矮楔蚌的宿主鱼类利用与幼虫变态的地理变异》，DOI链接：https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2782。