Ecological integrity is both real and valuable

JR Karr, ER Larson, EW Chu - Conservation Science and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological integrity has been criticized as a “bad fit as a value” for conservation biology and
restoration ecology. But work over the past four decades centered on ecological integrity …

Ecosystem responses to aquatic invasive species management: A synthesis of two decades of bigheaded carp suppression in a large river

ME Altenritter, JA DeBoer, KA Maxson… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The invasion of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and bighead carp (H. nobilis) or
“bigheaded carps” has caused extensive ecological and economic harm throughout the …

Evaluating effectiveness of restoration to address current stressors to riverine fish

JS Rogosch, HIA Boehm, RW Tingley III… - Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
River restoration programmes with the goal of conserving and rehabilitating inland fishes
have a multi‐decadal history, but evaluation and synthesis of past restoration actions have …

Multi‐trophic response to invasive silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in a large floodplain river

JA DeBoer, AM Anderson, AF Casper - Freshwater Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species can produce complex and unpredictable effects across multiple trophic
levels through a combination of direct and indirect pathways. Invasive silver carp …

Habitat diversity mitigates the impacts of human pressure on stream biodiversity

DA Moi, PR Kaufmann, L Riato… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent decades have witnessed substantial changes in freshwater biodiversity worldwide.
Although research has shown that freshwater biodiversity can be shaped by changes in …

Possible unintended effects of management at an invasion front: reduced prevalence corresponds with high condition of invasive bigheaded carps

DP Coulter, R MacNamara, DC Glover… - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Limiting the prevalence of invasive species is a global conservation priority. Invasive
species can have varying ecosystem effects and responses to control throughout an invaded …

Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus Rafinesque) population trends and demographics in the Upper Mississippi River System

KA Maxson, LE Solomon, TA Bookout… - … Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus Rafinesque) are a large-bodied fish highly
valued and commercially exploited across most of their range. Despite this, relatively little is …

Long-term ecological responses of the River Spöl to experimental floods

CT Robinson, AR Siebers, J Ortlepp - Freshwater Science, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
The river Spöl flows from Livigno reservoir on the Swiss–Italian border in the central Alps.
Flow regulation since 1970 has decreased and stabilized the mean annual discharge of 8.6 …

Evaluating the potential role of bioactive chemicals on the distribution of invasive Asian carp upstream and downstream from river mile 278 in the Illinois waterway

W Battaglin, J Duncker, P Terrio, P Bradley… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Two non-native carp species have invaded the Illinois Waterway and are a threat to Great
Lakes ecosystems. Poor water quality in the upper Illinois Waterway may be a factor …

The response of fish diversity in a highly modified large river system to multiple anthropogenic stressors

JA DeBoer, MC Thoms, AF Casper… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Large riverine landscapes are among the most productive ecosystems on earth, and the
most affected by humans. Few studies explicitly explore the effects of, or responses to …