Can constructed wetlands be wildlife refuges? A review of their potential biodiversity conservation value

C Zhang, L Wen, Y Wang, C Liu, Y Zhou, G Lei - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The degradation of wetland ecosystems is currently recognized as one of the main threats to
global biodiversity. As a means of compensation, constructed wetlands (CWs), which are …

Challenges of learning to escape evolutionary traps

AL Greggor, PC Trimmer, BJ Barrett… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Many animals respond well behaviorally to stimuli associated with human-induced rapid
environmental change (HIREC), such as novel predators or food sources. Yet others make …

Balancing biodiversity outcomes and pollution management in urban stormwater treatment wetlands

R Hale, SE Swearer, M Sievers, R Coleman - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wetlands are increasingly being constructed to mitigate the effects of urban stormwater,
such as altered hydrological regimes and reduced water quality, on downstream aquatic …

Restored seagrass rapidly provides high‐quality habitat for mobile animals

M Sievers, JA Rasmussen, B Nielsen… - Restoration …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Restoring seagrasses provides habitat for animals, many of which play vital roles in the
maintenance, persistence, and resilience of seagrass habitat. Understanding how the …

Refuge identification as a climate adaptation strategy to promote fish persistence during drought

AW Walters, NG Clancy, TP Archdeacon… - Fish and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is leading to global increases in extreme events, such as drought, that
threaten the persistence of freshwater biodiversity. Identification and management of …

Stuck in the mangrove mud: The risk of trace element exposure to shore crabs in restored urban mangroves

JA Rasmussen, WW Bennett, SD Melvin… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The restoration of mangroves in urban environments can increase the risk of contaminant
exposure and subsequent health effects to resident biota, yet this risk is rarely considered in …

Water quality in three potential drought refuges in an arid-land river: assessing habitat suitability for at-risk fish species

DJ Van Horn, JK Reale… - … & Management of Aquatic …, 2022 - kmae-journal.org
Drought is a common disturbance in arid-land streams and rivers. The survival of aquatic
species depends on access to refuge habitats where water quality remains high. Over the …

Patterns and predictors of condition indices in a critically endangered fish

BG Hammock, R Hartman, RA Dahlgren, C Johnston… - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
Condition indices are key predictors of health and fitness in wild fish populations. Variation
in body condition, therefore, can be used to identify stressful conditions that may impact …

Ex situ experimentation to determine if introduced artificial habitat can provide alternative refuge to hazardous anthropogenic structures

J Norman, D Clark, A Henshaw, RM Wright… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Highly degraded lowland river ecosystems are of global concern to restoration practitioners.
Hazardous anthropogenic structures, such as those used for water level management (ie …

Behavioral responses to, and fitness consequences from, an invasive species are life-stage dependent in a threatened native fish

TR Brown, RA Coleman, SE Swearer, R Hale - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Native wildlife are impacted by invasive species in numerous ways and will be more
vulnerable if they cannot recognize the threat posed by an invader. Impacts, however, are …