Freshwater Megafauna: Flagships for Freshwater Biodiversity under Threat
Freshwater biodiversity is highly threatened and is decreasing more rapidly than its terrestrial or marine counterparts; however, freshwaters receive less attention and conservation investment than other ecosystems do. The diverse group of freshwater megafauna, including iconic species such as sturg...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5862257 2023-05-15T13:40:17+02:00 Freshwater Megafauna: Flagships for Freshwater Biodiversity under Threat Carrizo, Savrina F. Jähnig, Sonja C. Bremerich, Vanessa Freyhof, Jörg Harrison, Ian He, Fengzhi Langhans, Simone D. Tockner, Klement Zarfl, Christiane Darwall, William 2017-10-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862257/ https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix099 en eng Oxford University Press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862257/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix099 © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Forum Text 2017 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix099 2018-04-01T00:17:10Z Freshwater biodiversity is highly threatened and is decreasing more rapidly than its terrestrial or marine counterparts; however, freshwaters receive less attention and conservation investment than other ecosystems do. The diverse group of freshwater megafauna, including iconic species such as sturgeons, river dolphins, and turtles, could, if promoted, provide a valuable tool to raise awareness and funding for conservation. We found that freshwater megafauna inhabit every continent except Antarctica, with South America, Central Africa, and South and Southeast Asia being particularly species rich. Freshwater megafauna co-occur with up to 93% of mapped overall freshwater biodiversity. Fifty-eight percent of the 132 megafauna species included in the study are threatened, with 84% of their collective range falling outside of protected areas. Of all threatened freshwater species, 83% are found within the megafauna range, revealing the megafauna's capacity as flagship and umbrella species for fostering freshwater conservation. Text Antarc* Antarctica PubMed Central (PMC) BioScience 67 10 919 927 |
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Freshwater biodiversity is highly threatened and is decreasing more rapidly than its terrestrial or marine counterparts; however, freshwaters receive less attention and conservation investment than other ecosystems do. The diverse group of freshwater megafauna, including iconic species such as sturgeons, river dolphins, and turtles, could, if promoted, provide a valuable tool to raise awareness and funding for conservation. We found that freshwater megafauna inhabit every continent except Antarctica, with South America, Central Africa, and South and Southeast Asia being particularly species rich. Freshwater megafauna co-occur with up to 93% of mapped overall freshwater biodiversity. Fifty-eight percent of the 132 megafauna species included in the study are threatened, with 84% of their collective range falling outside of protected areas. Of all threatened freshwater species, 83% are found within the megafauna range, revealing the megafauna's capacity as flagship and umbrella species for fostering freshwater conservation. |
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Freshwater Megafauna: Flagships for Freshwater Biodiversity under Threat |
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