We identified 14 emerging and poorly understood threats and opportunities for addressing
the global conservation of freshwater mussels over the next decade. A panel of 17 …

Mass extinctions during the past 500 million y rapidly removed branches from the
phylogenetic tree of life and required millions of years for evolution to generate functional …

Abstract Freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) have a broad global distribution
on every continent except Antarctica. However, owing to human activities, the diversity of …

Europe has a long history of human pressure on freshwater ecosystems. As pressure
continues to grow and new threats emerge, there is an urgent need for conservation of …

Freshwater mussels are one of the most threatened animal groups in the world. In the
European Union, threatened and protected mussel species are not adequately monitored …

Understanding and reversing biodiversity decline in the Anthropocene requires robust data
on species taxonomic identity, distribution, ecology, and population trends. Data deficits …

Most empirical research on biological shortfalls has focused on vertebrate taxa. This is
important given many species in poorly studied groups such as invertebrates, plants, and …

A pioneering, quantitative study published in Journal of Animal Ecology in 1966 on
freshwater mussel populations in the River Thames, UK, continues to be cited extensively as …

Freshwater biodiversity is under threat, but long-term quantitative studies showing major
demographic declines in invertebrate species are still scarce. Here we focus on a long-term …

Freshwater is an essential resource for human life; however, its future availability is of
ongoing concern due to the impacts of climate change, industry, and population pressures …