Hi, Kevin!

Just thought I'd tell you that I would really like to come up to Champaign, maybe in the fall (and we might make it into a club affair) and see the collection and also visit some of my old haunts, since it's my alma mater.

Hope everything is great with you,
Linda Bush

> From: "Kevin S. Cummings" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/04/26 Mon PM 09:54:05 GMT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: estivation
>
> >
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> >
> >Date:    Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:06:21 -0400
> >From:    [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: estivation
> >
> >Dear List;-
> >    In responce to many requests (one), I am posing a topic for discussion.
> >     We know that desert snails can live a long time without
> >water.---rejuvenating after long periods of draught.
> >    Question: How long CAN they last?
> >    Q: 2: If desert species can last a long time during "unhealthy"
> >times, can fresh water and Marine species also estivate to bypass
> >bad situations?
> >    Ideas?
> >     Art
>
>
>
> van der Schalie, H.  1940.  Aestivation of fresh-water mussels.
> Nautilus  53(4):137-138.
>
> Baker, H.B.  1940.  Another case - Anodontites infossus [Aestivation
> of fresh-water mussels].  Nautilus  53(4):138.
>
> Goumghar, M.D., D. Rondelaud, G. Dreyfuss, and M. Benlemlih.  2001.
> Influence of aestivation on the survival of Galba truncatula
> (Mollusca: Gasteropoda) populations according to altitude.  Annales
> de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology  37(3):211-217.
>
>
> --
> Kevin S. Cummings
> Illinois Natural History Survey
> 607 E. Peabody Drive
> Champaign, IL 61820
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> http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html
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> The Mussel Database Project
> http://clade.acnatsci.org/mussel/
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> Join the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Today!
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