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van Rees CB, Hernández-Abrams DD, Shudtz M, Lammers R, Byers J, Bledsoe BP, Bilskie MV, Calabria J, Chambers M, Dolatowski E, Ferreira S, Naslund L, Nelson DR, Nibbelink N, Suedel B, Tritinger A, Woodson CB, McKay SK, Wenger SJ. Reimagining infrastructure for a biodiverse future. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2214334120. [PMID: 37931104 PMCID: PMC10655554 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214334120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Civil infrastructure will be essential to face the interlinked existential threats of climate change and rising resource demands while ensuring a livable Anthropocene for all. However, conventional infrastructure planning largely neglects the contributions and maintenance of Earth's ecological life support systems, which provide irreplaceable services supporting human well-being. The stability and performance of these services depend on biodiversity, but conventional infrastructure practices, narrowly focused on controlling natural capital, have inadvertently degraded biodiversity while perpetuating social inequities. Here, we envision a new infrastructure paradigm wherein biodiversity and ecosystem services are a central objective of civil engineering. In particular, we reimagine infrastructure practice such that 1) ecosystem integrity and species conservation are explicit objectives from the outset of project planning; 2) infrastructure practices integrate biodiversity into diverse project portfolios along a spectrum from conventional to nature-based solutions and natural habitats; 3) ecosystem functions reinforce and enhance the performance and lifespan of infrastructure assets; and 4) civil engineering promotes environmental justice by counteracting legacies of social inequity in infrastructure development and nature conservation. This vision calls for a fundamental rethinking of the standards, practices, and mission of infrastructure development agencies and a broadening of scope for conservation science. We critically examine the legal and professional precedents for this paradigm shift, as well as the moral and economic imperatives for manifesting equitable infrastructure planning that mainstreams biodiversity and nature's benefits to people. Finally, we set an applied research agenda for supporting this vision and highlight financial, professional, and policy pathways for achieving it.
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- Charles B. van Rees
- River Basin Center, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS39180
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI48858
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- River Basin Center, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- College of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- River Basin Center, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS39180
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- Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS39180
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- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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- Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS39180
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- River Basin Center, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
- Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602
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Üblacker MM, Infante DM, Cooper AR, Daniel WM, Schmutz S, Schinegger R. Cross-continental evaluation of landscape-scale drivers and their impacts to fluvial fishes: Understanding frequency and severity to improve fish conservation in Europe and the United States. Sci Total Environ 2023; 897:165101. [PMID: 37400034 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Fluvial fishes are threatened globally from intensive human landscape stressors degrading aquatic ecosystems. However, impacts vary regionally, as stressors and natural environmental factors differ between ecoregions and continents. To date, a comparison of fish responses to landscape stressors over continents is lacking, limiting understanding of consistency of impacts and hampering efficiencies in conserving fishes over large regions. This study addresses these shortcomings through a novel, integrative assessment of fluvial fishes throughout Europe and the conterminous United States. Using large-scale datasets, including information on fish assemblages from more than 30,000 locations on both continents, we identified threshold responses of fishes summarized by functional traits to landscape stressors including agriculture, pasture, urban area, road crossings, and human population density. After summarizing stressors by catchment unit (local and network) and constraining analyses by stream size (creeks vs. rivers), we analyzed stressor frequency (number of significant thresholds) and stressor severity (value of identified thresholds) within ecoregions across Europe and the United States. We document hundreds of responses of fish metrics to multi-scale stressors in ecoregions across two continents, providing rich findings to aid in understanding and comparing threats to fishes across the study regions. Collectively, we found that lithophilic species and, as expected, intolerant species are most sensitive to stressors in both continents, while migratory and rheophilic species are similarly strongly affected in the United States. Also, urban land use and human population density were most frequently associated with declines in fish assemblages, underscoring the pervasiveness of these stressors in both continents. This study offers an unprecedented comparison of landscape stressor effects on fluvial fishes in a consistent and comparable manner, supporting conservation of freshwater habitats in both continents and worldwide.
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- Maria M Üblacker
- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany; Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Biology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
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Rebelo D, Antunes SC, Rodrigues S. The Silent Threat: Exploring the Ecological and Ecotoxicological Impacts of Chlorinated Aniline Derivatives and the Metabolites on the Aquatic Ecosystem. J Xenobiot 2023; 13:604-614. [PMID: 37873815 PMCID: PMC10594489 DOI: 10.3390/jox13040038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023] Open
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The growing concern over the environmental impacts of industrial chemicals on aquatic ecosystems has prompted increased attention and regulation. Aromatic amines have drawn scrutiny due to their potential to disturb aquatic ecosystems. 4-chloroaniline and 3,4-dichloroaniline are chlorinated derivatives of aniline used as intermediates in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, dyes, pesticides, cosmetics, and laboratory chemicals. While industrial applications are crucial, these compounds represent significant risks to aquatic environments. This article aims to shed light on aromatic amines' ecological and ecotoxicological impacts on aquatic ecosystems, given as examples 4-chloroaniline and 3,4-dichloroaniline, highlighting the need for stringent regulation and management to safeguard water resources. Moreover, these compounds are not included in the current Watch List of the Water Framework Directive, though there is already some information about aquatic ecotoxicity, which raises some concerns. This paper primarily focuses on the inherent environmental problem related to the proliferation and persistence of aromatic amines, particularly 4-chloroaniline and 3,4-dichloroaniline, in aquatic ecosystems. Although significant research underscores the hazardous effects of these compounds, the urgency of addressing this issue appears to be underestimated. As such, we underscore the necessity of advancing detection and mitigation efforts and implementing improved regulatory measures to safeguard the water bodies against these potential threats.
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- Daniela Rebelo
- Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos S/N, 4550-208 Matosinhos, Portugal;
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), Rua do Campo Alegre S/N, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos S/N, 4550-208 Matosinhos, Portugal;
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), Rua do Campo Alegre S/N, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos S/N, 4550-208 Matosinhos, Portugal;
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), Rua do Campo Alegre S/N, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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Meyer N, Swiatloch A, Dittrich S, von Oheimb G. Lakeshore vegetation: More resilient towards human recreation than we think? Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10268. [PMID: 37424934 PMCID: PMC10329258 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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Lakes and their shoreline vegetation are rich in biodiversity and provide multiple functions and habitats for fauna and flora. Humans are attracted by the scenic beauty of these ecosystems and the possibilities for recreational activities they offer. However, the use of lakes for recreational activities can lead to disturbance of vegetation, threatening the integrity and functionality of shoreline areas. Recent literature reviews revealed that impacts of the seemingly harmless activities bathing and lingering on the shore on lakeshore vegetation are poorly understood. In this study, we analysed the effects of shoreline use connected with bathing on the structure, composition and diversity of lakeshore vegetation. Vegetation relevés were recorded in 10 bathing and 10 adjacent control sites in the nature park 'Dahme-Heideseen' (Brandenburg, Germany). In addition visitor counts were performed. The species composition and the cover of herbaceous and shrub vegetation differed between bathing and control sites, but all sites had a high percentage of plant species not typical for the community. The vegetation parameters did not correlate with visitor counts. The results indicate that the present visitor intensity in the nature park does not impact the vegetation severely.
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- Nora Meyer
- Institute of General Ecology and Environmental ProtectionTechnische Universität DresdenTharandtGermany
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- Institute of General Ecology and Environmental ProtectionTechnische Universität DresdenTharandtGermany
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- Institute of General Ecology and Environmental ProtectionTechnische Universität DresdenTharandtGermany
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- Institute of General Ecology and Environmental ProtectionTechnische Universität DresdenTharandtGermany
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Grigoropoulou A, Hamid SA, Acosta R, Akindele EO, Al‐Shami SA, Altermatt F, Amatulli G, Angeler DG, Arimoro FO, Aroviita J, Astorga‐Roine A, Bastos RC, Bonada N, Boukas N, Brand C, Bremerich V, Bush A, Cai Q, Callisto M, Chen K, Cruz PV, Dangles O, Death R, Deng X, Domínguez E, Dudgeon D, Eriksen TE, Faria APJ, Feio MJ, Fernández‐Aláez C, Floury M, García‐Criado F, García‐Girón J, Graf W, Grönroos M, Haase P, Hamada N, He F, Heino J, Holzenthal R, Huttunen K, Jacobsen D, Jähnig SC, Jetz W, Johnson RK, Juen L, Kalkman V, Kati V, Keke UN, Koroiva R, Kuemmerlen M, Langhans SD, Ligeiro R, Van Looy K, Maasri A, Marchant R, Garcia Marquez JR, Martins RT, Melo AS, Metzeling L, Miserendino ML, Moe SJ, Molineri C, Muotka T, Mustonen K, Mykrä H, Cavalcante do Nascimento JM, Valente‐Neto F, Neu PJ, Nieto C, Pauls SU, Paulson DR, Rios‐Touma B, Rodrigues ME, de Oliveira Roque F, Salazar Salina J, Schmera D, Schmidt‐Kloiber A, Shah D, Simaika JP, Siqueira T, Tachamo‐Shah RD, Theischinger G, Thompson R, Tonkin JD, Torres‐Cambas Y, Townsend C, Turak E, Twardochleb L, Wang B, Yanygina L, Zamora‐Muñoz C, Domisch S. The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects. Global Ecol Biogeogr 2023; 32:642-655. [DOI: 10.1111/geb.13648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Afroditi Grigoropoulou
- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
- Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin Berlin Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang Malaysia
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- FEHM‐Lab (Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management), Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona Spain
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- Indian River Research and Education Center, IFAS University of Florida Fort Pierce Florida USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Department of Aquatic Ecology Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
- Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, EEB Department Yale University New Haven Connecticut USA
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Animal Biology Federal University of Technology Minna Nigeria
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- Finnish Environment Institute, Freshwater Centre Oulu Finland
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- Centro de Investigacion en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, CIEP Coyhaique Chile
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- Universidade Federal do Maranhão Codó Brazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Brazil
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- FEHM‐Lab (Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management), Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona Spain
- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Biological Applications and Technologies University of Ioannina Ioannina Greece
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- CIEMEP (CONICET‐UNPSJB) Esquel Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco Esquel Argentina
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
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- Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Lancaster UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil
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- Department of Entomology Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea Hainan University Haikou China
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- Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Conservação Universidade Federal de Rondônia – UNIR Rolim de Moura Brazil
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Université de Montpellier, UMR 5175, CNRS, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD Montpellier France
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- Institute of Natural Resources – Ecology Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt Germany
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical‐ CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de Tucuman Yerba Buena Argentina
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- Division of Ecology & Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Brazil
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- Department Life Sciences, FCTUC, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Associate Laboratory ARNET University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
- Univ Lyon Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA Villeurbanne France
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- Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management University of León León Spain
- Geography Research Unit University of Oulu Oulu Finland
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Austria
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt Germany
- Faculty of Biology University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus Brazil
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
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- Geography Research Unit University of Oulu Oulu Finland
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- Department of Entomology University of Minnesota St Paul Minnesota USA
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- Freshwater Biological Section, Department of Biology University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
- Geography Department Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, EEB Department Yale University New Haven Connecticut USA
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Brazil
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- Department of Biological Applications and Technologies University of Ioannina Ioannina Greece
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- Department of Animal Biology Federal University of Technology Minna Nigeria
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- Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB João Pessoa Brazil
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Brazil
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
- The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia – IB Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre Brazil
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- CIEMEP (CONICET‐UNPSJB) Esquel Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco Esquel Argentina
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical‐ CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de Tucuman Yerba Buena Argentina
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- Ecology and Genetics Research Unit University of Oulu Oulu Finland
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- Finnish Environment Institute, Freshwater Centre Oulu Finland
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Zoologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas São Paulo Brazil
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical‐ CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de Tucuman Yerba Buena Argentina
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt Germany
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- Slater Museum of Natural History University of Puget Sound Tacoma Washington State USA
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- Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS) Universidad de Las Américas‐Ecuador Quito Ecuador
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- Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia Vitória da Conquista Brazil
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- Institute of BioScience Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil
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- Departamento de Biología y Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Universidad de Oriente Santiago de Cuba Cuba
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- Balaton Limnological Research Institute Tihany Hungary
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- Central Department of Environmental Science Tribhuvan University Kirtipur Nepal
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- Department of Water Resources and Ecosystems IHE Delft Institute for Water Education Delft The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biosciences São Paulo State University (UNESP) Rio Claro Brazil
- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
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- Department of Life Sciences and Aquatic Ecology Centre Kathmandu University Dhulikhel Nepal
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- Centre for Applied Water Science University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
- Te Pūnaha Matatini Centre of Research Excellence University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
- Bioprotection Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
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- Department of Zoology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand
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- Department of Planning and Environment NSW Government Parramatta New South Wales Australia
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- California Department of Water Resources West Sacramento California USA
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- Department of Entomology Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
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- Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
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Oficialdegui FJ, Zamora-Marín JM, Guareschi S, Anastácio PM, García-Murillo P, Ribeiro F, Miranda R, Cobo F, Gallardo B, García-Berthou E, Boix D, Arias A, Cuesta JA, Medina L, Almeida D, Banha F, Barca S, Biurrun I, Cabezas MP, Calero S, Campos JA, Capdevila-Argüelles L, Capinha C, Casals F, Clavero M, Encarnação J, Fernández-Delgado C, Franco J, Guillén A, Hermoso V, Machordom A, Martelo J, Mellado-Díaz A, Morcillo F, Oscoz J, Perdices A, Pou-Rovira Q, Rodríguez-Merino A, Ros M, Ruiz-Navarro A, Sánchez MI, Sánchez-Fernández D, Sánchez-González JR, Sánchez-Gullón E, Teodósio MA, Torralva M, Vieira-Lanero R, Oliva-Paterna FJ. A horizon scan exercise for aquatic invasive alien species in Iberian inland waters. Sci Total Environ 2023; 869:161798. [PMID: 36702272 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
As the number of introduced species keeps increasing unabatedly, identifying and prioritising current and potential Invasive Alien Species (IAS) has become essential to manage them. Horizon Scanning (HS), defined as an exploration of potential threats, is considered a fundamental component of IAS management. By combining scientific knowledge on taxa with expert opinion, we identified the most relevant aquatic IAS in the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., those with the greatest geographic extent (or probability of introduction), severe ecological, economic and human health impacts, greatest difficulty and acceptability of management. We highlighted the 126 most relevant IAS already present in Iberian inland waters (i.e., Concern list) and 89 with a high probability of being introduced in the near future (i.e., Alert list), of which 24 and 10 IAS, respectively, were considered as a management priority after receiving the highest scores in the expert assessment (i.e., top-ranked IAS). In both lists, aquatic IAS belonging to the four thematic groups (plants, freshwater invertebrates, estuarine invertebrates, and vertebrates) were identified as having been introduced through various pathways from different regions of the world and classified according to their main functional feeding groups. Also, the latest update of the list of IAS of Union concern pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 includes only 12 top-ranked IAS identified for the Iberian Peninsula, while the national lists incorporate the vast majority of them. This fact underlines the great importance of taxa prioritisation exercises at biogeographical scales as a step prior to risk analyses and their inclusion in national lists. This HS provides a robust assessment and a cost-effective strategy for decision-makers and stakeholders to prioritise the use of limited resources for IAS prevention and management. Although applied at a transnational level in a European biodiversity hotspot, this approach is designed for potential application at any geographical or administrative scale, including the continental one.
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- Francisco J Oficialdegui
- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Geography and Environment Division, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom; Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (BIOMA), Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE)-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- GRECO, Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Costera, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN)-CSIC, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Planificación y Gestión Hídrica, Tragsatec, Grupo Tragsa-SEPI, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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- Centre of Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departament de Ciència Animal, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Solsona, Lleida, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- AZTI, Marine Research, Marine and Coastal Environmental Management, Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Planificación y Gestión Hídrica, Tragsatec, Grupo Tragsa-SEPI, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain; Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología de Humedales, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; Sociedad Ibérica de Ictiología, Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona/Iruña, Spain
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- Consejería de Sostenibilidad, Medio Ambiente y Economía Azul, Junta de Andalucía, Huelva, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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Coutant O, Jézéquel C, Mokany K, Cantera I, Covain R, Valentini A, Dejean T, Brosse S, Murienne J. Environmental DNA reveals a mismatch between diversity facets of Amazonian fishes in response to contrasting geographical, environmental and anthropogenic effects. Glob Chang Biol 2023; 29:1741-1758. [PMID: 36408670 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Freshwater ecosystems are among the most endangered ecosystem in the world. Understanding how human activities affect these ecosystems requires disentangling and quantifying the contribution of the factors driving community assembly. While it has been largely studied in temperate freshwaters, tropical ecosystems remain challenging to study due to the high species richness and the lack of knowledge on species distribution. Here, the use of eDNA-based fish inventories combined to a community-level modelling approach allowed depicting of assembly rules and quantifying the relative contribution of geographic, environmental and anthropic factors to fish assembly. We then used the model predictions to map spatial biodiversity and assess the representativity of sites surveyed in French Guiana within the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) and highlighted areas that should host unique freshwater fish assemblages. We demonstrated a mismatch between the taxonomic and functional diversity. Taxonomic assemblages between but also within basins were mainly the results of dispersal limitation resulting from basin isolation and natural river barriers. Contrastingly, functional assemblages were ruled by environmental and anthropic factors. The regional mapping of fish diversity indicated that the sites surveyed within the EU WFD had a better representativity of the regional functional diversity than taxonomic diversity. Importantly, we also showed that the assemblages expected to be the most altered by anthropic factors were the most poorly represented in terms of functional diversity in the surveyed sites. The predictions of unique functional and taxonomic assemblages could, therefore, guide the establishment of new survey sites to increase fish diversity representativity and improve this monitoring program.
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- Opale Coutant
- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR 5174), CNRS, IRD, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR 5174), CNRS, IRD, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, Museum of Natural History, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR 5174), CNRS, IRD, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR 5174), CNRS, IRD, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Hydrocharis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Byng & Christenh. [= Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine], Hydrocharitaceae, is a floating-leaf aquatic plant that is native to inland South America. It is an invasive species in several parts of the world. Reports of its presence in Europe have been recently published: naturalised populations occur in three locations on the Iberian Peninsula. The literature also contains records of the species in Hungary and Poland. In addition, it has been observed in Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands. H. laevigata is highly adaptable and can profoundly transform habitat conditions in its invasive range, causing major issues for ecosystem conservation and human activities. Until recently, H. laevigata was not to be found in natural environments in Europe. Factors explaining its spread include its use as an ornamental plant, the eutrophication of inland waters, and the effects of global warming. With a focus on Europe, this short communication provides information on the species' distribution, taxonomy, biology, habitat, and negative impacts.
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- Pablo Garcia-Murillo
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain
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Feio MJ, Hughes RM, Serra SRQ, Nichols SJ, Kefford BJ, Lintermans M, Robinson W, Odume ON, Callisto M, Macedo DR, Harding JS, Yates AG, Monk W, Nakamura K, Mori T, Sueyoshi M, Mercado‐Silva N, Chen K, Baek MJ, Bae YJ, Tachamo‐Shah RD, Shah DN, Campbell I, Moya N, Arimoro FO, Keke UN, Martins RT, Alves CBM, Pompeu PS, Sharma S. Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world's rivers. Glob Chang Biol 2023; 29:355-374. [PMID: 36131677 PMCID: PMC10091732 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Rivers suffer from multiple stressors acting simultaneously on their biota, but the consequences are poorly quantified at the global scale. We evaluated the biological condition of rivers globally, including the largest proportion of countries from the Global South published to date. We gathered macroinvertebrate- and fish-based assessments from 72,275 and 37,676 sites, respectively, from 64 study regions across six continents and 45 nations. Because assessments were based on differing methods, different systems were consolidated into a 3-class system: Good, Impaired, or Severely Impaired, following common guidelines. The proportion of sites in each class by study area was calculated and each region was assigned a Köppen-Geiger climate type, Human Footprint score (addressing landscape alterations), Human Development Index (HDI) score (addressing social welfare), % rivers with good ambient water quality, % protected freshwater key biodiversity areas; and % of forest area net change rate. We found that 50% of macroinvertebrate sites and 42% of fish sites were in Good condition, whereas 21% and 29% were Severely Impaired, respectively. The poorest biological conditions occurred in Arid and Equatorial climates and the best conditions occurred in Snow climates. Severely Impaired conditions were associated (Pearson correlation coefficient) with higher HDI scores, poorer physico-chemical water quality, and lower proportions of protected freshwater areas. Good biological conditions were associated with good water quality and increased forested areas. It is essential to implement statutory bioassessment programs in Asian, African, and South American countries, and continue them in Oceania, Europe, and North America. There is a need to invest in assessments based on fish, as there is less information globally and fish were strong indicators of degradation. Our study highlights a need to increase the extent and number of protected river catchments, preserve and restore natural forested areas in the catchments, treat wastewater discharges, and improve river connectivity.
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- Maria João Feio
- Department of Life Sciences, Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreARNET, University of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
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- Amnis Opes InstituteCorvallisOregonUSA
- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation SciencesOregon State UniversityCorvallisOregonUSA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreARNET, University of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
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- Centre for Applied Water ScienceInstitute for Applied Ecology, University of CanberraCanberraAustralia
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- Centre for Applied Water ScienceInstitute for Applied Ecology, University of CanberraCanberraAustralia
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- Centre for Applied Water ScienceInstitute for Applied Ecology, University of CanberraCanberraAustralia
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- Unilever Centre for Environmental Water QualityInstitute for Water Research, Rhodes UniversityMakhandaSouth Africa
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e EvoluçãoInstituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Departamento de GeografiaUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of WaterlooWaterlooOntarioCanada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada and Canadian Rivers Institute, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental ManagementUniversity of New BrunswickFrederictonCanada
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- Aqua Restoration Research CenterPublic Works Research InstituteKakamigaharaGifuJapan
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- Aqua Restoration Research CenterPublic Works Research InstituteKakamigaharaGifuJapan
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y ConservaciónUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de MorelosCuernavacaMorelosMexico
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- Department of EntomologyNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingPeople's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China SeaHainan UniversityHaikouPeople's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of EnvironmentIncheonRepublic of Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life SciencesKorea UniversitySeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, Aquatic Ecology CentreKathmandu UniversityDhulikhelNepal
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- Central Department of Environmental ScienceTribhuvan UniversityKathmanduNepal
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- Instituto Experimental de BiologiaUniversidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de ChuquisacaSucreBolivia
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- Applied Hydrobiology Unit, Department of Animal BiologyFederal University of TechnologyMinnaNigeria
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- Applied Hydrobiology Unit, Department of Animal BiologyFederal University of TechnologyMinnaNigeria
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Curso de pós‐graduação em EntomologiaInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaManausBrazil
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- Laboratório Nuvelhas, Projeto ManuelzãoUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e ConservaçãoUniversidade Federal de LavrasLavrasBrazil
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- Aquatic Ecology Centre, School of ScienceKathmandu UniversityDhulikhelNepal
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Walther EJ, Zimmerman MS, Falke JA, Westley PAH. Species distributions and the recognition of risk in restoration planning: A case study of salmonid fishes. Ecol Appl 2022; 32:e2701. [PMID: 35751517 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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One of the risks faced by habitat restoration practitioners is whether habitats included in restoration planning will be used by the target species or, conversely, whether habitats excluded from restoration planning would have benefited the target species. With the goal of providing a quantitative decision-making approach that represented varying levels of risk tolerance, we used multiple probability decision thresholds (PDT) to predict the range of occurrence for three anadromous fishes (Oncorhynchus spp.) in a watershed in southwestern Washington, USA. For each species, we compared the predicted range of occurrence to the distribution used for restoration planning and quantified the amount of habitat blocked by anthropogenic barriers. Coho salmon (O. kisutch) had the broadest predicted range of occurrence (3061.6-6357.9 km; 0.75-0.25 PDT), followed by steelhead trout (O. mykiss; 1828.8-2836.8 km) and chum salmon (O. keta; 1373.9-1629.1 km). For each species, the predicted range of occurrence was similar or greater than the distribution used for restoration planning, suggesting that the current plan may exclude habitats that would benefit each species. Coho salmon had the greatest percentage of habitat blocked by anthropogenic barriers, followed by steelhead trout and chum salmon, respectively. Modeling species distributions at multiple risk-tolerance scenarios acknowledges uncertainty in restoration planning and allows practitioners to weigh the ecological benefits and budgetary constraints when considering locations for restoration. To effectively communicate restoration science to support practitioners in decision-making, we developed an R Shiny application online user interface available at: https://shiny.wdfw-fish.us/ChehalisRiverBasinSalmonidRangeOfOccurence/.
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- Eric J Walther
- Fish Ecology and Life Cycle Monitoring Unit, Science Division, Fish Program, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, USA
- College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
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- Fish Ecology and Life Cycle Monitoring Unit, Science Division, Fish Program, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, USA
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- Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, United States Geological Survey, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
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- College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
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Ahmed SF, Kumar PS, Kabir M, Zuhara FT, Mehjabin A, Tasannum N, Hoang AT, Kabir Z, Mofijur M. Threats, challenges and sustainable conservation strategies for freshwater biodiversity. Environ Res 2022; 214:113808. [PMID: 35798264 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Increasing human population, deforestation and man-made climate change are likely to exacerbate the negative effects on freshwater ecosystems and species endangerment. Consequently, the biodiversity of freshwater continues to dwindle at an alarming rate. However, this particular topic lacks sufficient attention from conservation ecologists and policymakers, resulting in a dearth of data and comprehensive reviews on freshwater biodiversity, specifically. Despite the widespread awareness of risks to freshwater biodiversity, organized action to reverse this decline has been lacking. This study reviews prospective conservation and management strategies for freshwater biodiversity and their associated challenges, identifying current key threats to freshwater biodiversity. Engineered nanomaterials pose a significant threat to aquatic species, and will make controlling health risks to freshwater biodiversity increasingly challenging in the future. When fish are exposed to nanoparticles, the surface area of their respiratory and ion transport systems can decline to 60% of their total surface area, posing serious health risks. Also, about 50% of freshwater fish species are threatened by climate change, globally. Freshwater biodiversity that is heavily reliant on calcium perishes when the calcium content of their environments degrades, posing another severe threat to world biodiversity. To improve biodiversity, variables such as species diversity, population and water quality, and habitat are essential components that must be monitored continuously. Existing research on freshwater biota and ecosystems is still lacking. Therefore, data collection and the establishment of specialized policies for the conservation of freshwater biodiversity should be prioritized.
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- Shams Forruque Ahmed
- Science and Math Program, Asian University for Women, Chattogram, 4000, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, 603110, India; Centre of Excellence in Water Research (CEWAR), Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, 603110, India; Department of Biotechnology Engineering and Food Technology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, 140413, India
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- Science and Math Program, Asian University for Women, Chattogram, 4000, Bangladesh
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- Science and Math Program, Asian University for Women, Chattogram, 4000, Bangladesh
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- Science and Math Program, Asian University for Women, Chattogram, 4000, Bangladesh
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- Science and Math Program, Asian University for Women, Chattogram, 4000, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Engineering, HUTECH University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, 31952, Saudi Arabia.
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van Rees CB, Naslund L, Hernandez-Abrams DD, McKay SK, Woodson CB, Rosemond A, McFall B, Altman S, Wenger SJ. A strategic monitoring approach for learning to improve natural infrastructure. Sci Total Environ 2022; 832:155078. [PMID: 35398422 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Natural infrastructure (NI) development, including ecosystem restoration, is an increasingly popular approach to leverage ecosystem services for sustainable development, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation goals. Although implementation and planning for these tools is accelerating, there is a critical need for effective post-implementation monitoring to accumulate performance data and evidence for best practices. The complexity and longer time scales associated with NI, compounded by differing disciplinary definitions and concepts of monitoring necessitate a deliberate and strategic approach to monitoring that encompasses different timeframes and objectives. This paper outlines a typology of monitoring classes differentiated by temporal scale, purpose of data collection, the information benefits of monitoring, and the responsible party. Next, we provide a framework and practical guidelines for designing monitoring plans for NI around learning objectives. In particular, we emphasize conducting research and development monitoring, which provides scientifically rigorous evidence for methodological improvement beyond the project scale. Wherever feasible, and where NI tools are relatively new and untested, such monitoring should avoid wasted effort and ensure progress and refinement of methodology and practice over time. Finally, we propose institutional changes that would promote greater adoption of research and development monitoring to increase the evidence base for NI implementation at larger scales.
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- Charles B van Rees
- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center. Vicksburg, MS, United States
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center. Vicksburg, MS, United States
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center. Vicksburg, MS, United States
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- Odum School of Ecology & River Basin Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Duarte V Gonçalves
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Matosinhos, Portugal.,Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO/InBIO), University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Sharma A, Baruah A, Mangukiya N, Hinge G, Bharali B. Evaluation of Gangetic dolphin habitat suitability under hydroclimatic changes using a coupled hydrological-hydrodynamic approach. ECOL INFORM 2022; 69:101639. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gray E, Cappelli G, Gammell MP, Roden CM, Lally HT. A review of dystrophic lake and pool habitat in Europe: An Irish perspective. J Nat Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Rivaes RP, Feio MJ, Almeida SFP, Calapez AR, Sales M, Gebler D, Lozanovska I, Aguiar FC. River ecosystem endangerment from climate change-driven regulated flow regimes. Sci Total Environ 2022; 818:151857. [PMID: 34826460 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Major threats of freshwater systems are river damming and habitat degradation, further amplified by climate change, another major driver of biodiversity loss. This study aims to understand the effects of climate change, and its repercussions on hydropower production, on the instream biota of a regulated river. Particularly, it aims to ascertain how mesohabitat availability downstream of hydropower plants changes due to modified flow regimes driven by climate change; how mesohabitat changes will influence the instream biota; and if instream biota changes will be similar within and between biological groups. We used a mesohabitat-level ecohydraulic approach with four biological elements - macrophytes, macroalgae, diatoms and macroinvertebrates - to encompass a holistic ecosystem perspective of the river system. The ecological preferences of the biological groups for specific mesohabitats were established by field survey. The mesohabitat availability in three expected climate change-driven flow regime scenarios was determined by hydrodynamic modeling. The biota abundance/cover was computed for the mesohabitat indicator species of each biological group. Results show that climate-changed flow regimes are characterized by a significant water shortage during summer months already for 2050. Accordingly, the regulated rivers' hydraulics are expected to change towards more homogeneous flow conditions where run habitats should prevail. As a result, the biological elements are expected to face abundance/cover modifications ranging from decreases of 76% up to 67% increase, depending on the biological element and indicator taxa. Diatoms seem to endure the greatest range of modifications while macrophytes the slightest (15% decrease to 38% increase). The greatest modifications would occur on decreasing abundance/cover responses. Such underlies an important risk to fluvial biodiversity in the future, indicting climate change as a significant threat to the fluvial system in regulated rivers.
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- Rui Pedro Rivaes
- Forest Research Centre (CEF), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Largo Marquês de Pombal, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biology and GeoBioTec - GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering Research Centre, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Largo Marquês de Pombal, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biology and GeoBioTec - GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering Research Centre, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
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- Forest Research Centre (CEF), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Forest Research Centre (CEF), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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Steege V, Engelbart D, Hädicke NT, Schäfer K, Wey JK. Germany’s federal waterways – A linear infrastructure network for nature and transport. NC 2022. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.47.70732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Major rivers are unique linear structures because they serve different purposes simultaneously: A habitat and dispersal route for flora and fauna as well as a navigation route, the site for recreational and economic activities and a source for drinking water and irrigation. In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that waterways must be developed in an environmentally and economically sustainable and socially responsible manner. The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) and its specialised agencies – the Waterways and Shipping Administration of the German Federal Government (WSV), the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) and the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) – are aiming to achieve this goal by integrating environmental issues into the development and maintenance of waterways. This paper aims to fill the gap on the one hand between scientific analyses of ecological freshwater status and proposals for its improvement, and, on the other hand, bringing this knowledge into practical realisation. Recent activities at the German federal waterways are exemplarily reviewed on the basis of applied research projects, local projects, political programmes and progressive legislation.
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Quadroni S, Espa P, Zaccara S, Crosa G, Bettinetti R, Mastore M, Brivio MF. Monitoring and Management of Inland Waters: Insights from the Most Inhabited Italian Region. Environments 2022; 9:27. [DOI: 10.3390/environments9020027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Monitoring of freshwaters allows the detection of the impacts of multiple anthropic uses and activities on aquatic ecosystems, and an eco-sustainable management of natural resources could limit these impacts. In this work, we highlighted two main issues affecting inland waters, referring to findings from the most inhabited Italian region (Lombardy, approximately 10 M inhabitants): the first issue is lake pollution by old generation pesticides, the second is river development for hydropower. In both cases, some management strategies reducing the anthropic impacts on freshwaters were discussed: organic farming and biocontrol as an alternative to diffuse pollution by agrochemicals; environmental flows and controlled sediment flushing operations to limit the hydropower impact on rivers. Although the two mentioned issues were discussed separately in this paper, the management of water resources should be carried out in a comprehensive way, accounting for the multiple impacts affecting freshwater ecosystems, including those related to the climate changes.
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Iannella M, Fiasca B, Di Lorenzo T, Di Cicco M, Biondi M, Mammola S, Galassi DM. Getting the ‘most out of the hotspot’ for practical conservation of groundwater biodiversity. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Guy CS, Cox TL, Williams JR, Brown CD, Eckelbecker RW, Glassic HC, Lewis MC, Maskill PAC, McGarvey LM, Siemiantkowski MJ. A paradoxical knowledge gap in science for critically endangered fishes and game fishes during the sixth mass extinction. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8447. [PMID: 33875736 PMCID: PMC8055981 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87871-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Despite unprecedented scientific productivity, Earth is undergoing a sixth mass extinction. The disconnect between scientific output and species conservation may be related to scientists studying the wrong species. Given fishes have a high extinction rate, we assessed the paradox between scientific productivity and science needed for conservation by comparing scientific output created for critically endangered fishes and game fishes. We searched 197,866 articles (1964–2018) in 112 journals for articles on 460 critically endangered fishes, 297 game fishes, and 35 fishes classified as critically endangered and game fish—our analysis included freshwater and marine species. Only 3% of the articles in the final database were on critically endangered fishes; 82% of critically endangered fishes had zero articles. The difference between the number of articles on game fishes and critically endangered fishes increased temporally with more articles on game fishes during the extinction crisis. Countries with 10 or more critically endangered fishes averaged only 17 articles from 1964 to 2018. Countries with the most critically endangered fishes are most in need of science. More scientific knowledge is needed on critically endangered fishes to meet the challenges of conserving fishes during the sixth mass extinction.
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- Christopher S Guy
- U.S. Geological Survey, Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA.
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA.,Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 205 W. Aztec Drive, Lewistown, MT, 59457, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA.,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership Program, Bozeman Fish Technology Center, 4050 Bridger Canyon, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA.,Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 82190, USA
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, PO Box 173460, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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Perry D, Harrison I, Fernandes S, Burnham S, Nichols A. Global Analysis of Durable Policies for Free-Flowing River Protections. Sustainability 2021; 13:2347. [DOI: 10.3390/su13042347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Freshwater ecosystems are poorly represented in global networks of protected areas. This situation underscores an urgent need for the creation, application, and expansion of durable (long-term and enforceable) protection mechanisms for free-flowing rivers that go beyond conventional protected area planning. To address this need, we must first understand where and what types of protections exist that explicitly maintain the free-flowing integrity of rivers, as well as the efficacy of such policy types. Through policy analysis and an in-depth literature review, our study identifies three main policy mechanisms used for such protections: (1) River Conservation Systems; (2) Executive Decrees and Laws; and (3) Rights of Rivers. We found that globally only eight counties have national river conservation systems while seven countries have used executive decrees and similar policies to halt dam construction, and Rights of Rivers movements are quickly growing in importance, relative to other protection types. Despite the current extent of protection policies being insufficient to tackle the freshwater and biodiversity crises facing the world’s rivers, they do provide useful frameworks to guide the creation and expansion of protections. Ultimately, as countries act on global calls for protections, policy mechanisms must be tailored to their individual social and ecological geographies.
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