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within clay bank habitats, however, at least four different size ( =age) classes were <br />observed. <br />5.0 CONCLUSIONSIRECONLENDATIONS <br />The survey results indicate that freshwater mussel species are present within the Collins <br />Creek watershed; however, mussels are unlikely to occur within the property boundaries. <br />The species that were found approximately 3.7 miles downstream from the property <br />boundary in Collins Creek are all fairly common, widespread, and currently considered <br />stable in North Carolina. If the site is developed, standard best management practices <br />should be employed to lessen any impacts to the aquatic habitats within and downstream <br />of the property. <br />6.0 LITERATURE CI'T'ED <br />Bosc, L. A. G. 1801-1804. Histoire naturelle des coquilles contenant leur description, les <br />moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages. Avec figures dessinees <br />&apres nature. <br />Conrad, T. A. 1834. New freshwater shells of the United States, with coloured <br />illustrations; and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of <br />the American naiades. 108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. <br />Dobson. <br />Johnson, R. I. 1970. The systematics and zoogeography of the Unionidae <br />(Mollusca:Bivalvia) of the southern. Atlantic Slope region. Bulletin of the <br />Museum. of Comparative zoology, 140(6 ): 263 -449. <br />Lea, I. 1534 -1 874. observations on the genus Unio. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. <br />Lightfoot, J. 1756. A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the <br />duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased, which will be sold at auction by Mr. <br />Skinner and Co. London.. <br />ortmann, A. E. 1919. A monograph of the naiades of Pennsylvania. Part III: Systematic <br />account of the genera and species. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 8(l): xvi- <br />384, 321 pis. <br />Say, T. 1817. Article "Concology ". In. W. Nicholoson. (Ed.), American Edition of the <br />British Encyclopedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate <br />and Popular View of the Present State of Human Knowledge, 1 st ed., Vol. 2: No <br />pagination. Pls. 1 -4. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Samuel Mitchel and Horace <br />Ames. <br />j <br />Freshwater Mussel Survey 5 <br />Orange County Transfer Station May 2009 <br />TCG Job # 3250 <br />