Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

WJ Sutherland, S Bardsley, L Bennun, M Clout… - Trends in ecology & …, 2011 - cell.com
This review describes outcomes of a 2010 horizon-scanning exercise building upon the first
exercise conducted in 2009. The aim of both horizon scans was to identify emerging issues …

Facets and scales in river restoration: Nestedness and interdependence of hydrological, geomorphic, ecological, and biogeochemical processes

LE Polvi, L Lind, H Persson, A Miranda-Melo… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although river restoration has increased rapidly, observations of successful ecological
recovery are rare, mostly due to a discrepancy in the spatial scale of the impact and the …

An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

G Grill, B Lehner, AE Lumsdon… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The global number of dam constructions has increased dramatically over the past six
decades and is forecast to continue to rise, particularly in less industrialized regions …

Safeguarding migratory fish via strategic planning of future small hydropower in Brazil

TBA Couto, ML Messager, JD Olden - Nature Sustainability, 2021 - nature.com
Small hydropower plants (SHPs) are proliferating globally, but their cumulative threat to
blocking migratory fish and the fisheries that these fish sustain has been underappreciated …

Homogenization of freshwater fish faunas after the elimination of a natural barrier by a dam in Neotropics

JRS Vitule, F Skóra, V Abilhoa - Diversity and Distributions, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We quantify biotic homogenization of fish fauna caused by the elimination of a natural
barrier between two freshwater ecoregions. We also evaluated fish introductions by different …

A synthesis of the diversity of freshwater fish migrations in the Amazon basin

GA Herrera‐R, SA Heilpern, TBA Couto… - Fish and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the Amazon, the world's largest river basin, migrations within freshwater habitats are one
of the predominant life history strategies for fishes. The flood pulse and the extensive river …

The combined effects of climate change and river fragmentation on the distribution of Andean Amazon fishes

GA Herrera‐R, T Oberdorff, EP Anderson… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Upstream range shifts of freshwater fishes have been documented in recent years due to
ongoing climate change. River fragmentation by dams, presenting physical barriers, can …

Stress management and welfare

LU Sneddon, DCC Wolfenden, JS Thomson - Fish physiology, 2016 - Elsevier
1. Introduction 1.1. Defining Welfare 2. Managing Stress in Fish 2.1. Considerations for Care
of Wild Fish in Captivity 2.2. The Impact of Psychological Stress 2.3. Controlling and …

Homogenization dynamics of the fish assemblages in Neotropical reservoirs: comparing the roles of introduced species and their vectors

VS Daga, F Skóra, AA Padial, V Abilhoa, EA Gubiani… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Non-native species introduced into reservoirs cause major changes in biodiversity, resulting
in spatial and temporal biotic homogenization and/or differentiation. We used a sampling …

Unexpected but unsurprising lineage diversity within the most widespread Neotropical crocodilian genus Caiman (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae)

IJ Roberto, PS Bittencourt, FL Muniz… - Systematics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Species discovery methods utilizing coalescent-based approaches are powerful tools for
detecting cryptic lineages within morphological conservative groups, thus being an …