COSEWIC status appraisal summary on the Atlantic Mud-piddock Barnea truncata in Canada.: CW69-14/2-68-2021E-PDF
"In Canada, this intertidal marine bivalve species is restricted to small sections of Minas Basin in Nova Scotia. Here, the species is entirely dependent on the red-mudstone facies geological formation where it bores into the mudstone and remains as an immobile adult. Changes in sediment deposition can bury habitat, and smother and kill individuals. The main threat to the species is increased frequency and intensity of severe storms due to climate change, which can abruptly shift and redeposit sediments. Additional threats include human activities that change water current, erosion and sediment deposition patterns, pollution run-off from agricultural or urban sources, and climate-change induced sea-level rise"--Reason for designation, page iii.
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| Department/Agency | Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, issuing body. Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | COSEWIC status appraisal summary on the Atlantic Mud-piddock Barnea truncata in Canada. |
| Variant title | Atlantic Mud-piddock Barnea truncata in Canada |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. "Threatened 2021"--Cover. Issued also in HTML format. Issued also in French under title: Sommaire du statut de l'espèce du COSEPAC sur la Pholade tronquée Barnea truncata au Canada. Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-x). |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, ON : COSEWIC Secretariat, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2021. ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv pages) : maps |
| ISBN | 9780660398914 |
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| Subject terms | Pholadidae -- Atlantic Ocean. Pholadidae -- Nova Scotia. Endangered species -- Atlantic Ocean. Endangered species -- Nova Scotia. |
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