Supporting Dataset for "Status of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in the French Creek Watershed, USA at the Onset of Invasion by Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus"

This resource serves as the supporting data for the following publication: KH Clark, JM Wisor, SJ Mueller, C Bradshaw-Wilson, EW Boyer, and JR Stauffer, Jr. (2021). Status of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in the French Creek watershed, USA at the onset of invasion by Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus. Water, 13(21), 3064; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13213064

Freshwater mussel surveys were conducted in the French Creek watershed of Pennsylvania. Data presented here -- on the contemporary locations of native mussel populations, their abundances, their host fish species, and characteristics of their habitat -- will inform strategies for the conservation of native freshwater mussel species as the invasive Round Goby continues its expansion throughout river networks. The interaction of the invasive Round Goby with indigenous fishes and mussels is shaping an ecosystem transition that has widespread implications for the conservation and management of aquatic ecosystems within the critical zone.