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I determined if suitable habitat was present by modeling presence/absence and abundance of surrogate mussel species to create a habitat suitability index and validated those model predictions. I also determined the current distributions of the host fishes of Northern Riffleshell and Clubshell. My results indicate there are more suitable habitats than previously believed throughout both rivers. These rivers should be able to support a larger population of these mussels and these results can be used to identify potential sites for future translocations."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Identifying suitable habitat of two federally endangered mussels in the Middle Fork and Salt Fork Vermilion rivers"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Stodola, Kirk","Suski, Cory","Larson, Eric R"],"dc:creator":["Ruellan, Hugo"],"dc:date":["2022-05","2022-03-09"],"dc:description":["Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. 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