Search Results - "Ghamizi, Mohamed"
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The conservation status of the world’s freshwater molluscs
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-07-2021)“…With the biodiversity crisis continuing unchecked, we need to establish levels and drivers of extinction risk, and reassessments over time, to effectively…”
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Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-01-2017)“…[Display omitted] •Molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted on 70 species of the Unionidae family.•Analyses were complemented with morpho-behavioral…”
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Hidden species diversity of Corrosella Boeters, 1970 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea) in the Moroccan Atlas reveals the ancient biogeographic link between North Africa and Iberia
Published in Organisms diversity & evolution (2021)“…Despite the high species richness of freshwater gastropods in the western Mediterranean, the evolutionary patterns of the North African taxa are poorly…”
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Refuge in the sāqya: Irrigation canals as habitat for one of the world's 100 most threatened species
Published in Biological conservation (01-10-2019)“…Anthropogenic habitats may function as a refuge for some species, including freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida). In this study we assessed possible…”
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A new species of the genus Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833 (Ephemeroptera, Prosopistomatidae) from Morocco
Published in ZooKeys (15-08-2022)“…We describe a new species of collected in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. appears to be morphologically more similar to the European highly endangered…”
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A cave with remarkably high subterranean diversity in Africa and its significance for biodiversity conservation
Published in Subterranean biology (01-11-2024)“…Aziza cave, which is also known as kef Aziza or Tazouguert cave, represents an important and large karstic system that consists of more than 3.5 km of surveyed…”
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The genus Mercuria Boeters, 1971 in Morocco: first molecular phylogeny of the genus and description of two new species (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Hydrobiidae)
Published in ZooKeys (27-08-2018)“…The western Palearctic freshwater snail genus Mercuria (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) comprises 26 species primarily distributed in lowland localities of…”
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The fingernail clams (Bivalvia: Veneroida: Sphaeriidae) of Morocco: Diversity, distribution and conservation status
Published in Biodiversity data journal (02-12-2021)“…In Morocco, many uncertainties surround the current diversity and distribution of the bivalve family Sphaeriidae. Such information, including taxonomy and…”
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Two new sympatric cave species of Castellanethes (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Olibrinidae) from Western High Atlas of Morocco
Published in Subterranean biology (30-01-2023)“…Two new sympatric isopod species of the genus Castellanethes (Olibrinidae) are described from caves located in the Western High Atlas of Morocco. Both species…”
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Descriptive and Geometric Morphometry of the Wings of Phlebotomus sergenti Populations in Central Morocco
Published in Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases (01-03-2023)“…Background: Phlebotomus sergenti, the proven vector of Leishmania tropica, the causative agent of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, is widely distributed…”
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Inventory and pattern of distribution of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in the Draa river basin, southern Morocco
Published in Alpine entomology (13-03-2023)“…The Draa river basin is located south of the High Atlas Mountain rangee in Morocco. The Ephemeroptera (mayflies) fauna of its three sub-basins: the High,…”
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Analysis of floristic diversity of the forest ecosystems of the Zat valley- High Atlas of Morocco: Valorization and Conservation perspectives
Published in Journal of advanced biotechnology and experimental therapeutics (01-01-2022)“…From a management and conservation perspective, measuring the biodiversity of an ecosystem is an indispensable tool for assessing its health. Currently,…”
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First record of Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855 (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae) in an African cave
Published in Subterranean biology (15-05-2020)“…Studies on the bivalve family Sphaeriidae in North Africa are very limited at the surface water level, but even more for caves. During an expedition in 2019 to…”
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Impacts of Anthropogenic Factors on the Groundwater Ecosystem of Fezouata in South-East of Morocco
Published in Journal of Ecological Engineering (01-05-2022)“…The depletion of aquifer systems in arid and semiarid regions worldwide is causing acute water scarcity and quality degradation, and leading to extensive…”
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Contribution to the knowledge of Moroccan and Maghrebin stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Published in Zootaxa (16-07-2014)“…An overview of Moroccan stoneflies is presented as an annotated summary of published and unpublished records from 115 localities. These records have resulted…”
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Macroinvertebrate community responses to salinity around non-saline–saline confluences in the Draa River basin, Morocco
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-05-2024)“…Freshwater salinization increasingly threatens river ecosystems in arid regions. In situ studies on effects of salinity on freshwater communities are still…”
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Phylogenetic relationships within Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea) indicate two independent dispersal events from different continents to the Balearic Islands
Published in Systematics and biodiversity (18-05-2020)“…Until recently, the evolutionary origin of aquatic organisms in the Balearic archipelago (western Mediterranean) had been scarcely addressed. The freshwater…”
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Pearl mussels (Margaritifera marocana) in Morocco: Conservation status of the rarest bivalve in African fresh waters
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-03-2016)“…Margaritifera marocana is one of the rarest freshwater mussel species (listed as critically endangered), and is endemic to Morocco. Despite its constrained…”
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Social-ecological interactions in the Draa River Basin, southern Morocco: Towards nature conservation and human well-being using the IPBES framework
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-05-2021)“…Water is essential to human societies and a prerequisite for flourishing nature, especially in arid regions. Yet, climate change and socio-economic…”
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Freshwater conservation assessments in (semi-)arid regions: Testing river intermittence and buffer strategies using freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida) in Morocco
Published in Biological conservation (01-08-2019)“…The IUCN Red List assessments are essentially based on population trends and range, namely Area of Occupancy (AOO) and Extent of Occupancy (EOO). Range…”
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