Habitat connectivity in biodiversity conservation: A review of recent studies and applications

CA Correa Ayram, ME Mendoza… - Progress in …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of landscape connectivity in conservation has increased considerably since the
early part of the 21st century. While the implications of landscape connectivity are self …

Causes and consequences of habitat fragmentation in river networks

MR Fuller, MW Doyle, DL Strayer - … of the new York Academy of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in river fragmentation globally threaten freshwater biodiversity. Rivers are
fragmented by many agents, both natural and anthropogenic. We review the distribution and …

Toward a better understanding of freshwater fish responses to an increasingly drought-stricken world

RJ Lennox, DA Crook, PB Moyle, DP Struthers… - Reviews in fish biology …, 2019 - Springer
Drought is a constant and important consequence of natural climatic processes and most
freshwater fishes have adaptations to counter its effects. However, a changing global climate …

Prioritizing barrier removal to improve functional connectivity of rivers

P Branco, P Segurado, JM Santos… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater systems are severely impacted by connectivity reduction due to the construction
of dams and weirs. The breach of this longitudinal connectivity imperils freshwater fish …

Damn those damn dams: Fluvial longitudinal connectivity impairment for European diadromous fish throughout the 20th century

G Duarte, P Segurado, G Haidvogl, D Pont… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
River longitudinal connectivity is crucial for diadromous fish species to reproduce and grow,
its fragmentation by large dams may prevent these species to complete their life cycle. This …

[KÖNYV][B] Conservation of freshwater fishes

G Closs, M Krkosek, JD Olden - 2016 - books.google.com
Freshwater fish are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, but are also amongst the
most threatened. With contributions from leaders in the field, this is the first assessment of …

[PDF][PDF] 10. Fragmentation, connectivity and fish species persistence in freshwater ecosystems 2

KB Gido, JE Whitney, JS Perkin, TF Turner - ecosystems, 2016 - researchgate.net
13 Fragmentation poses one of the greatest threats to freshwater fish biodiversity (Nilsson et
al., 14 2005; Liermann et al., 2012). Whereas damming of large rivers is perhaps the most …

Do small barriers affect the movement of freshwater fish by increasing residency?

P Branco, SD Amaral, MT Ferreira, JM Santos - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
River fragmentation due to artificial barriers directly impacts fish communities by limiting
migratory movements. This work aims to understand how small barriers affect the …

3D modelling of non-uniform and turbulent flow in vertical slot fishways

JF Fuentes-Pérez, AT Silva, JA Tuhtan… - … modelling & software, 2018 - Elsevier
Global stocks of freshwater fish have been on the decline for decades, driven in part by the
obstruction of their migration routes by anthropogenic barriers. To mitigate such impacts …

Passage performance of two cyprinids with different ecological traits in a fishway with distinct vertical slot configurations

F Romão, AL Quaresma, P Branco, JM Santos… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Adequately designed vertical slot fishways (VSF) mitigate the impact of anthropogenic
obstructions on fish migrations. Until now, most studies on VSF were conducted focusing on …