Document of bibliographic reference 363361
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- Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities
- Abstract
- 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 researchers and stakeholders from six continents submitted a total of 56 topics that were ranked and prioritized using a consensus-building Delphi technique. Our 14 priority topics fell into five broad themes (autecology, population dynamics, global stressors, global diversity, and ecosystem services) and included understanding diets throughout mussel life history; identifying the drivers of population declines; defining metrics for quantifying mussel health; assessing the role of predators, parasites, and disease; informed guidance on the risks and opportunities for captive breeding and translocations; the loss of mussel–fish co-evolutionary relationships; assessing the effects of increasing surface water changes; understanding the effects of sand and aggregate mining; understanding the effects of drug pollution and other emerging contaminants such as nanomaterials; appreciating the threats and opportunities arising from river restoration; conserving understudied hotspots by building local capacity through the principles of decolonization; identifying appropriate taxonomic units for conservation; improved quantification of the ecosystem services provided by mussels; and understanding how many mussels are enough to provide these services. Solutions for addressing the topics ranged from ecological studies to technological advances and socio-political engagement. Prioritization of our topics can help to drive a proactive approach to the conservation of this declining group which provides a multitude of important ecosystem services.
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- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000891858000001
- Bibliographic citation
- Aldridge, D.C.; Ollard, I.S.; Bespalaya, Y.V.; Bolotov, I.N.; Douda, K.; Geist, J.; Haag, W.R.; Klunzinger, M.W.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Mlambo, M.C.; Riccardi, N.; Sousa, R.; Strayer, D.L.; Torres, S.H.; Vaughn, C.C.; Zajac, T.; Zieritz, A. (2023). Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities. Glob. Chang. Biol. 29(3): 575-589. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16510
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- Fresh water
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- open access
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- David Aldridge
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- Isobel Ollard
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- Yulia Bespalaya
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- Ivan Bolotov
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- Karel Douda
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- Juergen Geist
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- Wendell Haag
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- Michael Klunzinger
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- Manuel Lopes-Lima
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- Musa Mlambo
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- Nicoletta Riccardi
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- Ronaldo Sousa
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- David Strayer
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- Santiago Torres
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- Caryn Vaughn
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- Tadeusz Zajac
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- Alexandra Zieritz
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