Well, we survived Canada and St. John. The weather was good for the most part, but the 49-50 degree nights were hard on us campers, especially me (who stupidly brought only a summer bag). We hit five sites in three days and collected many Elliptios from each site. Our only sampling trip to the Miramichi River in NE New Bruswick was not very successful with only one live Elliptio collected. Otherwise the trip was great and we met some great people at the New Bruswick Museaum (special thanks toMarry Sollows and Don McAlpine). Also, this part of the trip included the only time we have collected Elliptio's from a population with Margaritifera margaritifera (a federally endangered species) which can be confused with our species .
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