Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges

M Lopes‐Lima, R Sousa, J Geist, DC Aldridge… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and
services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status …

Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America

HI Jager, JW Long, RL Malison, BP Murphy… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires in many western North American forests are becoming more frequent, larger, and
severe, with changed seasonal patterns. In response, coniferous forest ecosystems will …

Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment

N Ferreira-Rodríguez, YB Akiyama, OV Aksenova… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Freshwater mussels are declining globally, and effective conservation requires prioritizing
research and actions to identify and mitigate threats impacting mussel species …

Fish and mussels: importance of fish for freshwater mussel conservation

V Modesto, M Ilarri, AT Souza, M Lopes‐Lima… - Fish and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Co‐extinctions are increasingly recognized as one of the major processes leading to the
global biodiversity crisis, but there is still limited scientific evidence on the magnitude of …

[HTML][HTML] Untangling the water-food-energy-environment nexus for global change adaptation in a complex Himalayan water resource system

A Momblanch, L Papadimitriou, SK Jain… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Holistic water management approaches are essential under future climate and socio-
economic changes, especially while trying to achieve inter-disciplinary societal goals such …

Environmental land use conflicts in catchments: A major cause of amplified nitrate in river water

FAL Pacheco, LFS Fernandes - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental land use conflicts are uses of the land that ignore soil capability. In this study,
environmental land use conflicts were investigated in mainland Portugal, using Partial Least …

Climate change effects on the hydrological regime of small non-perennial river basins

D Pumo, D Caracciolo, F Viola, LV Noto - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent years have been witnessing an increasing interest on global climate change and,
although we are only at the first stage of the projected trends, some signals of climate …

Rainwater harvesting in catchments for agro-forestry uses: A study focused on the balance between sustainability values and storage capacity

DPS Terêncio, LFS Fernandes, RMV Cortes… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is used to support small-scale agriculture and handle seasonal
water availability, especially in regions where populations are scattered or the costs to …

Negative effects of Corbicula fluminea over native freshwater mussels

N Ferreira-Rodriguez, R Sousa, I Pardo - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
The global decline of freshwater mussels is related with a great variety of factors, including
the introduction of invasive species. However, the possible effects of other invasive bivalves …

Assessing anthropogenic impacts on riverine ecosystems using nested partial least squares regression

ARL Ferreira, LFS Fernandes, RMV Cortes… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
The results of three Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression models were used to gain a
holistic view on the consequences of natural processes and anthropogenic pressures for …