The "classic" Mussel Watch studies of the 1970's in the United States were performed 

 using the common blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, or the American oyster, Crassostrea 

 virginica. These species are not available worldwide or indeed U. S.-wide. Therefore, 

 other sentinnel organisms, including various species of mussels (i.e., Mytilus 

 galloprovincialis. Mytilus californianus, Modiolus modiolus, Perna viridis, and others), 

 and oysters (i.e., Crassostrea edulis, Crassostrea gigas, and others) have been used. In 

 cases where these mussels or oysters were not available, other molluscan species have 

 been sampled but papers based on such samples have not been included in this 

 bibliographic database. An exception is the case of the use of Area zebra (commonly 

 known as the turkey wing) in tropical waters since mussels and oysters are not found in 

 large populations in some of these areas. The species cited in the bibliographic database 

 are listed in Table 3. 



Mussel Watch studies in freshwater bodies, such as those in the Great Lakes (North 

 America), Lake Balaton (Hungary), and other locations, have not been included in the 

 bibliographic database. 



Complete citation information and citation number are listed in Appendix I in 

 alphabetical order of the first author. The citation number is listed to the left of the 

 entry. The subject indices are cross referenced to citation number in Appendix II. 



Citations relevant to Mussel Watch studies but covering species other than mussels or 

 oysters, and chemicals other than those listed in Table 1 are listed in Appendix III and 

 are not included in the indices. 



V. REFERENCES 



Abbott, R. T. (1974) American Seashells . Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp. 



Abbott, R. T., and Dance, S. P. (1982) Compendium of Shells . E. P. Dutton, New York. 

 411 pp. 



Bosch, D., and Bosch, E. (1982) Seashells of Oman . (K. Smythe, ed.) Longman Group 

 Ltd., London. 206 pp. 



Cotton, B. C, and Godfrey, F. K. (1938) The Molluscs of South A ustralia: Part I: The 

 Pelecypoda . Government Printer, Australia. 314 pp. 



Habe, T., and K. Ito (1970) Shells of the World in Colo ur: Vol. I: The Northern Pacific. 

 Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd., Osaka. 176 pp. 



Keen, A. M. (1971) Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marinft Moilusks from Baia 

 California to Peru . Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. 1064 pp. 



Kidder, G. M. (1977) Pollutant levels in bivalves - a data bibliography. Report, EPA 

 contract R-80421501, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA. 



