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Christina A Murphy

Assistant Unit Leader, Research Ecologist
Email: camurphy@usgs.gov
Office Phone: 541-505-1393
ORCID: 0000-0002-3467-6610
Yellow Lampmussel Range-Wide Assessment and Conservation
The Yellow Lampmussel (YLM), Lampsilis cariosa, is a medium-sized freshwater mussel occurring from Georgia, USA to Nova Scotia, Canada (>50% of global population within the Northeast Region). The species is declining throughout its range, is designated as vulnerable by the IUCN (Bogan & Woolnough 2017) and NatureServe (https://explorer.natureserve.org/) and is a Northeast Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need. It is locally designated as endangered, threatened, or a special status in 6 states within the USFWS North Atlantic-Appalachian region (CT, DE, MA, ME, NJ, WV) and 3 additional states (GA, NC, SC) outside of the region, extirpated in NH, vulnerable to apparently secure in NY and PA, and unknown status...
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