Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Appalachian State University
Article History
Received: 28 September 2021
Revised: 21 January 2022
Accepted: 10 February 2022
First Online: 17 March 2022
Declarations
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: There are no conflicting or competing interests among the authors or funding sources.
: This manuscript adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows their guidelines. Human study subjects were not included in this research. Invertebrates (e.g., mussels) are exempt from Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee regulations. However, live animals encountered in this study were handled with care and promptly released unharmed into the wild. Appropriate federal, state, and local permits as well as private landowner access was obtained and adhered to. All authors freely consent to having participated in this research project, data analysis, and manuscript drafting. All authors consent to have this manuscript published as an original research article.