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Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment
Susan J. ClearwaterFran SheldonJasna LajtnerTadeusz ZającM.w. KlunzingerM.w. KlunzingerMudīte RudzītePanu OulasvirtaRonaldo SousaRonaldo SousaClemens GumpingerIvan N. BolotovKarl Otto NagelSimone VarandasJunjiro N. NegishiPaz OndinaVan Tu DoM. Christopher BarnhartLennart HenriksonArthur E. BoganJouni TaskinenCristhian ClavijoYulia V. BespalayaMaxim V. VinarskiMaria UrbańskaUthaiwan KovitvadhiKarel DoudaAmílcar TeixeiraNathan A. JohnsonOlga V. AksenovaChris L. HumphreyNoé Ferreira-rodríguezDavid L. StrayerDavid L. StrayerShigeya NagayamaYoshihiro B. AkiyamaBarry J. WicklowCaryn C. VaughnRafael AraujoGustavo DarrigranMotoi TakeuchiJeremy S. TiemannManuel Lopes-limaOlga K. KlishkoMitsunori NakanoSatit KovitvadhiVincent PriéPrem Bahadur BudhaEvelyn MoorkensNicoletta RiccardiElsa Froufesubject
0106 biological sciencesUnionidaeuhat010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesIntrinsic factorsCiencias NaturalesIndicators14. Life underwaterThreatsBiological sciencesEnvironmental planningPopulation statusEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationScience & TechnologyExtinctionlajiensuojelubiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyMussel15. Life on landUnionidaesimpukateläimistön suojelubiology.organism_classificationExtrinsic factorsManagementta1181Conservation statusPortfolioindikaattoritUnionidadescription
Freshwater mussels are declining globally, and effective conservation requires prioritizing research and actions to identify and mitigate threats impacting mussel species. Conservation priorities vary widely, ranging from preventing imminent extinction to maintaining abundant populations. Here, we develop a portfolio of priority research topics for freshwater mussel conservation assessment. To address these topics, we group research priorities into two categories: intrinsic or extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors are indicators of organismal or population status, while extrinsic factors encompass environmental variables and threats. An understanding of intrinsic factors is useful in monitoring, and of extrinsic factors are important to understand ongoing and potential impacts on conservation status. This dual approach can guide conservation status assessments prior to the establishment of priority species and implementation of conservation management actions.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-19 |