Search Results - "Aquatic conservation"

Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management by Arthington, Angela H., Dulvy, Nicholas K., Gladstone, William, Winfield, Ian J.

“…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…”
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Reinventing residual reserves in the sea: are we favouring ease of establishment over need for protection? by Devillers, Rodolphe, Pressey, Robert L, Grech, Alana, Kittinger, John N, Edgar, Graham J, Ward, Trevor, Watson, Reg

“…As systems of marine protected areas (MPAs) expand globally, there is a risk that new MPAs will be biased toward places that are remote or unpromising for…”
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Atlantic salmon in a rapidly changing environment—Facing the challenges of reduced marine survival and climate change by Thorstad, Eva B., Bliss, Doug, Breau, Cindy, Damon‐Randall, Kim, Sundt‐Hansen, Line E., Hatfield, Emma M.C., Horsburgh, Grant, Hansen, Heidi, Maoiléidigh, Niall Ó., Sheehan, Timothy, Sutton, Stephen G.

“…Atlantic salmon populations have declined in recent decades. Many of the threats to the species during its freshwater and coastal residency periods are known,…”
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Wetlands: conservation's poor cousins by Kingsford, Richard T., Basset, Alberto, Jackson, Leland

“…About 5–10% of the world's land surface is currently wetland but possibly >70% is already destroyed or impaired. Conservation of these unique ecosystems lags…”
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The thin edge of the wedge: Extremely high extinction risk in wedgefishes and giant guitarfishes by Kyne, Peter M., Jabado, Rima W., Rigby, Cassandra L., Dharmadi, Gore, Mauvis A., Pollock, Caroline M., Herman, Katelyn B., Cheok, Jessica, Ebert, David A., Simpfendorfer, Colin A., Dulvy, Nicholas K.

“…The process of understanding the rapid global decline of sawfishes (Pristidae) has revealed great concern for their relatives, the wedgefishes (Rhinidae) and…”
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Brazilian wetlands: their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection by Junk, W. J, Piedade, M. T. F, Lourival, R, Wittmann, F, Kandus, P, Lacerda, L. D, Bozelli, R. L, Esteves, F. A, Nunes da Cunha, C, Maltchik, L, Schöngart, J, Schaeffer‐Novelli, Y, Agostinho, A. A

“…Although 20% of Brazilian territory is covered by wetlands, wetland inventories are still incomplete. In 1993, Brazil signed the Ramsar Convention but a…”
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Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes by Dulvy, Nicholas K., Davidson, Lindsay N. K., Kyne, Peter M., Simpfendorfer, Colin A., Harrison, Lucy R., Carlson, John K., Fordham, Sonja V.

“…Sawfish are arguably the world's most imperilled marine fishes. All five species are classified as highly threatened with extinction: three are Critically…”
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Moving beyond fitting fish into equations: Progressing the fish passage debate in the Anthropocene by Birnie‐Gauvin, Kim, Franklin, Paul, Wilkes, Martin, Aarestrup, Kim

“…Realization of the importance of fish passage for migratory species has led to the development of innovative and creative solutions (‘fishways’) to mitigate…”
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Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: the uncertain future of manta and devil rays by Croll, Donald A., Dewar, Heidi, Dulvy, Nicholas K., Fernando, Daniel, Francis, Malcolm P., Galván-Magaña, Felipe, Hall, Martin, Heinrichs, Shawn, Marshall, Andrea, Mccauley, Douglas, Newton, Kelly M., Notarbartolo-Di-Sciara, Giuseppe, O'Malley, Mary, O'Sullivan, John, Poortvliet, Marloes, Roman, Marlon, Stevens, Guy, Tershy, Bernie R., White, William T.

“…Manta and devil rays of the subfamily Mobulinae (mobulids) are rarely studied, large, pelagic elasmobranchs, with all eight of well‐evaluated species listed on…”
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Editorial: Green or red: Challenges for fish and freshwater biodiversity conservation related to hydropower by Geist, Juergen

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The shadow of the Balbina dam: A synthesis of over 35 years of downstream impacts on floodplain forests in Central Amazonia by Schöngart, Jochen, Wittmann, Florian, Faria de Resende, Angélica, Assahira, Cyro, Sousa Lobo, Guilherme, Rocha Duarte Neves, Juliana, Rocha, Maíra, Biem Mori, Gisele, Costa Quaresma, Adriano, Oreste Demarchi, Layon, Weiss Albuquerque, Bianca, Oliveira Feitosa, Yuri, Silva Costa, Gilvan, Vieira Feitoza, Gildo, Machado Durgante, Flávia, Lopes, Aline, Trumbore, Susan E., Sanna Freire Silva, Thiago, Steege, Hans, Val, Adalberto Luis, Junk, Wolfgang J., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez

“…The Balbina hydropower dam in the Central Amazon basin, established in the Uatumã River in the 1980s, is emblematic for its socio‐environmental disaster. Its…”
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The benefits of bivalve reef restoration: A global synthesis of underrepresented species by zu Ermgassen, Philine S. E., Thurstan, Ruth H., Corrales, Jorge, Alleway, Heidi, Carranza, Alvar, Dankers, Norbert, DeAngelis, Bryan, Hancock, Boze, Kent, Flora, McLeod, Ian, Pogoda, Bernadette, Liu, Qing, Sanderson, William G.

“…Bivalve habitat restoration is growing in geographic extent and scale globally. While addressing the wide‐scale loss of these biogenic habitats is still a key…”
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Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs by Lascelles, Ben, Notarbartolo Di Sciara, Giuseppe, Agardy, Tundi, Cuttelod, Annabelle, Eckert, Sara, Glowka, Lyle, Hoyt, Erich, Llewellyn, Fiona, Louzao, Maite, Ridoux, Vincent, Tetley, Mike J

“…Migratory marine species (MMS) include many of the world's most charismatic organisms such as marine mammals, seabirds, turtles, sharks, and tuna. Many are now…”
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Existing protected areas provide a poor safety‐net for threatened Amazonian fish species by Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Pinna, Mário, Peres, Carlos A., Tagliacollo, Victor A.

“…Freshwater ecosystems represent less than 0.01% of Earth's surface water but proportionately encompass the most species‐rich environment on the planet,…”
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Eight urgent, fundamental and simultaneous steps needed to restore ocean health, and the consequences for humanity and the planet of inaction or delay by Laffoley, Dan, Baxter, John M., Amon, Diva J., Currie, Duncan E.J., Downs, Craig A., Hall‐Spencer, Jason M., Harden‐Davies, Harriet, Page, Richard, Reid, Chris P., Roberts, Callum M., Rogers, Alex, Thiele, Thorsten, Sheppard, Charles R.C., Sumaila, Rashid U., Woodall, Lucy C.

“…The ocean crisis is urgent and central to human wellbeing and life on Earth; past and current activities are damaging the planet's main life support system for…”
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Drones that see through waves - preliminary results from airborne fluid lensing for centimetre-scale aquatic conservation by Chirayath, Ved, Earle, Sylvia A.

“…The use of fluid lensing technology on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) is presented as a novel means for 3D imaging of aquatic ecosystems from above…”
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Vulnerability of the biota in riverine and seasonally flooded habitats to damming of Amazonian rivers by Latrubesse, Edgardo M., d'Horta, Fernando M., Ribas, Camila C., Wittmann, Florian, Zuanon, Jansen, Park, Edward, Dunne, Thomas, Arima, Eugenio Y., Baker, Paul A.

“…The extent and intensity of impacts of multiple new dams in the Amazon basin on specific biological groups are potentially large, but still uncertain and need…”
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Dams in the Amazon: The importance of maintaining free‐flowing tributaries for fish reproduction by Vasconcelos, Lilian Paula, Alves, Diego Corrêa, Câmara, Luís Fernando, Hahn, Lisiane

“…Free‐flowing tributaries are important for the maintenance of fish diversity in dammed systems. In relation to the reproduction of fish species, the role of a…”
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A political tsunami hits Amazon conservation by Pelicice, Fernando Mayer, Castello, Leandro

“…The history of conservation of the Amazon can be viewed as a war involving many battles with interests in agribusiness on one side and in biodiversity…”
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Living under threat: Will one of the last Pinna nobilis populations be able to survive? by Nebot‐Colomer, Elisabet, Álvarez, Elvira, Belando, Maria Dolores, Deudero, Salud, Catanese, Gaetano, Bernardeau‐Esteller, Jaime, García‐Muñoz, Rocío, Ramos‐Segura, Aranzazu, Ruiz, Juan Manuel, Vázquez‐Luis, Maite

“…The critically endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, faces a drastic population decline all over the Mediterranean Sea owing…”
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