Publications

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Peer-reviewed articles

Atkinson, CL, AJ Franzen, GW Hopper, JW Lopez, Z Zbinden, CC Vaughn. Environmental gradients drive convergence in life history strategies among disparate but coevolved taxonomic groups. Ecology 106(12): e70273. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70273.

Keogh, SM, BJ Minerich, LM Ohlman, ME Pletta, AE Scheunemann, ZK Schroeder, ZA Secrist, AJ Franzen, BE Sietman, & AM Simons. (2025) Phenotypic Plasticity, Multiple Paternity, and Shell Shape Divergence Across Lake-Stream Habitats in a Freshwater Mussel Brood (Pyganodon grandis). Freshwater Biology 70(1), e14358. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14358

Lopez, JW, TP DuBose, AJ Franzen, CL Atkinson, & CC Vaughn. (2022) Long-term monitoring shows that drought sensitivity and riparian land use change coincide with freshwater mussel declines. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32(10), 1571–1583. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3884


In review or revision

Franzen, AJ, BJ Sansom, JM Pfeiffer, FE Goetz, SM Keogh, CC Vaughn. Evaluating correlations between freshwater mussel shell morphology and valve-gaping activity across riverine conditions. In revision at Freshwater Biology.

Moore, EA, CC Vaughn, & AJ Franzen. Variation in shell morphology and mitochondrial DNA of two species of freshwater mussels in the Kiamichi River, Oklahoma, USA. In revision at Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation.

Franzen, AJ, JM Pfeiffer, M Sei, and CC Vaughn. Clarification of Species Boundaries in Common and Morphologically Variable Freshwater Mussels (Fusconaia). In review.


Non peer reviewed articles and reports

Pfeiffer, JM, JP Chong, S Craft, T Dubose, A Franzen, M Hove, T Smith, and D Woolnough. 2024. Requesting feedback on potentially problematic freshwater mollusk common names. Ellipsaria 26 (1): 18-21. LINK

Vaughn, CC, JW Lopez, TP DuBose, AJ Franzen. 2022. Status assessment for the Southern Hickorynut in Oklahoma (Report No. T-111). Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. LINK

Franzen, AJ, and CC Vaughn. 2022. Rescuing Regional Freshwater Mussel Collections: Digitizing Mussels at the University of Oklahoma. Ellipsaria 24 (3): 16-17. LINK

Smith, TA, M Bradley, M Davis, B Douglas, H Dunn, N Eckert, A Franzen, M Hove, B Karns, D Kelner, L Kitchel, M Pletta, A Roberts, B Sietman, J Tiemann, and J Weinzinger. 2021. Plan for the Controlled Propagation and Reintroduction of the Spectaclecase Mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta). USFWS Interagency Plan, St. Paul, MN. 53 pp.

Benedict, A, M Hove, B Sietman, A Franzen, L Neu, C Rounds, E Slaikeu, I Tolo, M Pletta, and D Hornbach. 2019. Natural hosts of some common Mississippi River mussel species. Ellipsaria 21(2): 33-35. LINK

Franzen, A and A Simons. 2019. Revisiting the Dwight W. Taylor Collection of Mollusks: Curation and Cataloging of Invertebrate Specimens in the Bell Museum. Ellipsaria 21(1): 17 LINK

Swanson, C, M Hove, A Franzen, D Hornbach, M Davis, and B Sietman. 2018. Ligumia subrostrata host fishes and geospatial associations. Ellipsaria 20(4): 45-48. LINK

Hove, M, B Burke, A Franzen, M Bartsch, D Waller, N Eckert, M Bradley, T Smith, M Davis, B Sietman, B Karns, R Whaley, and A Holdhusen. 2018. Brooding Quadrula fragosa Behaviors and Interactions with Fishes. Ellipsaria 20(2): 26-30. LINK

Sietman, B, M Davis, M Hove, M Pletta, T Wagner, S Marr, Z Secrist, M Freeburg, A Scheunemann, K Krupp, E Hagemeyer, A Franzen, C Swanson, and A Sampson. 2017. Cumberlandia monodonta – Host Enigma Resolved. Ellipsaria 19(3): 18-20. LINK