Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management

AH Arthington, NK Dulvy, W Gladstone… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the disparities in size and volume of marine and freshwater realms, a strikingly
similar number of species is found in each–with 15 150 Actinopterygian fishes in fresh water …

Extinction risk and conservation of the world's sharks and rays

NK Dulvy, SL Fowler, JA Musick, RD Cavanagh… - elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
The rapid expansion of human activities threatens ocean-wide biodiversity. Numerous
marine animal populations have declined, yet it remains unclear whether these trends are …

Spatial variability of Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean

MC Follesa, MF Marongiu, W Zupa, A Bellodi, A Cau… - Scientia Marina, 2019 - iris.unica.it
Thanks to the availability of the MEDITS survey data, a standardized picture of the
occurrence and abundance of demersal Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean has …

Coherent assessments of Europe's marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss

PG Fernandes, GM Ralph, A Nieto… - Nature Ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Europe has a long tradition of exploiting marine fishes and is promoting marine economic
activity through its Blue Growth strategy. This increase in anthropogenic pressure, along with …

Climate change impacts on living marine resources in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

TM Clarke, G Reygondeau, C Wabnitz… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Project shifts in the habitat suitability of 505 fish and invertebrate species in the Eastern
Tropical Pacific that are likely to occur by the mid‐21st century under “high greenhouse gas …

Mapping status and conservation of global at‐risk marine biodiversity

CC O'Hara, JC Villaseñor‐Derbez… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
To conserve marine biodiversity, we must first understand the spatial distribution and status
of at‐risk biodiversity. We combined range maps and conservation status for 5,291 marine …

Strong trans-Pacific break and local conservation units in the Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) revealed by genome-wide cytonuclear markers

DA Pazmiño, GE Maes, ME Green, CA Simpfendorfer… - Heredity, 2018 - nature.com
The application of genome-wide cytonuclear molecular data to identify management and
adaptive units at various spatio-temporal levels is particularly important for overharvested …

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 …

The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant herbivores and detritivores of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes

MT Comeros-Raynal, JH Choat, BA Polidoro… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Parrotfishes and surgeonfishes perform important functional roles in the dynamics of coral
reef systems. This is a consequence of their varied feeding behaviors ranging from targeted …

Assessing the vulnerability of demersal elasmobranchs to a data-poor shrimp trawl fishery in Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific

TM Clarke, M Espinoza, RR Chaves… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact of shrimp trawl fisheries on slow-growing demersal sharks, skates and rays has
been widely documented. Yet, a lack of catch records and biological information has …