Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

AJ Reid, AK Carlson, IF Creed, EJ Eliason… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al.(2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …

[HTML][HTML] DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work

H Weigand, AJ Beermann, F Čiampor, FO Costa… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective identification of species using short DNA fragments (DNA barcoding and DNA
metabarcoding) requires reliable sequence reference libraries of known taxa. Both …

The fishes of the Amazon: distribution and biogeographical patterns, with a comprehensive list of species

FCP Dagosta, M De Pinna - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural …, 2019 - BioOne
We provide a general compilation of the diversity and geographical distribution of
Amazonian fishes, updated to the end of 2018. Our database includes documented …

Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI

RA Collins, J Bakker, OS Wangensteen… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metabarcoding extra‐organismal DNA from environmental samples is now a key technique
in aquatic biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment. Of critical consideration when …

Abundance, characteristics and variation of microplastics in different freshwater fish species from Bangladesh

F Parvin, S Jannat, SM Tareq - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) contamination in fish species is one of the emerging environmental
problems due to the proliferation of plastic pollution in the environment. The occurrence of …

Review on the use of insects in the diet of farmed fish: past and future

M Henry, L Gasco, G Piccolo, E Fountoulaki - Animal Feed Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The decrease in the availability and the increase in the prices of fishmeal and fish oil have
prompted the search for sustainable alternatives for aquaculture feeds. Insects, which are …

Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran; a revised and updated annotated checklist-2022

S Eagderi, A Mouludi-saleh… - Turkish Journal of …, 2022 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
The current status of the inland waters ichthyofauna of Iran is revised and updated. A total of
292 fish species belong to 3 classes, 24 orders, 36 families and 106 genera inhabit the …

Darwinian sex roles confirmed across the animal kingdom

T Janicke, IK Häderer, MJ Lajeunesse, N Anthes - Science advances, 2016 - science.org
Since Darwin's conception of sexual selection theory, scientists have struggled to identify the
evolutionary forces underlying the pervasive differences between male and female …

How many dimensions are needed to accurately assess functional diversity? A pragmatic approach for assessing the quality of functional spaces

E Maire, G Grenouillet, S Brosse… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Functional diversity is a key facet of biodiversity that is increasingly being measured to
quantify its changes following disturbance and to understand its effects on ecosystem …

Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

CJ Vörösmarty, PB McIntyre, MO Gessner, D Dudgeon… - nature, 2010 - nature.com
Protecting the world's freshwater resources requires diagnosing threats over a broad range
of scales, from global to local. Here we present the first worldwide synthesis to jointly …