Seven shortfalls that beset large-scale knowledge of biodiversity

J Hortal, F de Bello, JAF Diniz-Filho… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are increasingly using big-data approaches to tackle
questions at large spatial, taxonomic, and temporal scales. However, despite recent efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Mahseer (Tor spp.) fishes of the world: status, challenges and opportunities for conservation

AC Pinder, JR Britton, AJ Harrison, P Nautiyal… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2019 - Springer
The mahseer fishes (Tor spp.) represent an iconic genus of large-bodied species of the
Cyprinidae family. Across the 16 recognised species in the genus, individual fish can attain …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting the effects of climate change on future freshwater fish diversity at global scale

A Manjarrés-Hernández… - Nature …, 2021 - natureconservation.pensoft.net
The aim of the present study was to predict future changes in biodiversity attributes
(richness, rarity, heterogeneity, evenness, functional diversity and taxonomic diversity) of …

Filling in the GAPS: evaluating completeness and coverage of open‐access biodiversity databases in the United States

MJ Troia, RA McManamay - Ecology and evolution, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Primary biodiversity data constitute observations of particular species at given points in time
and space. Open‐access electronic databases provide unprecedented access to these data …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring extinction risk and threats of the world's fishes based on the Sampled Red List Index

R Miranda, I Miqueleiz, W Darwall, C Sayer… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Global biodiversitytargets require us to identify species at risk of extinction and quantify
status and trends of biodiversity. The Red List Index (RLI) tracks trends in the conservation …

Toxicity of nickel to tropical freshwater and sediment biota: A critical literature review and gap analysis

MT Binet, MS Adams, F Gissi… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
More than two‐thirds of the world's nickel (Ni) lateritic deposits are in tropical regions, and
just less than half are within South East Asia and Melanesia (SEAM). With increasing Ni …

Quantifying shortfalls in the knowledge on Neotropical Auchenipteridae fishes

TMS Freitas, J Stropp, BB Calegari… - Fish and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Neotropics harbour the greatest diversity of freshwater fish on Earth. Despite recent
advances in characterizing the fish fauna, the total number of species, distributional range …

Geographical gradients in the biodiversity of Chinese freshwater molluscs: Implications for conservation

Y Cai, M Zhang, J Xu, J Heino - Diversity and Distributions, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Large‐scale diversity patterns are generated by different but not mutually exclusive
mechanisms. However, understanding of multiple facets of diversity and their determinants …

Satellite and airborne remote sensing applications for freshwater fisheries

DC Dauwalter, KA Fesenmyer, R Bjork, DR Leasure… - Fisheries, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Remote sensing has been pivotal to our understanding of freshwater fisheries, and we
review this rapidly changing field with a focus on satellite and airborne applications …

How does invasion degree shape alpha and beta diversity of freshwater fish at a regional scale?

A Gavioli, M Milardi, J Soininen, E Soana… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater ecosystems appear more vulnerable to biodiversity loss due to several
anthropogenic disturbances and freshwater fish are particularly vulnerable to these impacts …