Outputs (4)

Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia (2022)
Journal Article
Klunzinger, M. W., Whisson, C., Zieritz, A., Benson, J. A., Stewart, B. A., & Kirkendale, L. (2022). Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 20385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24767-5

The freshwater mussel Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) has long been considered the sole Westralunio species in Australia, limited to the Southwest and listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and under Australian legislation. Here, we used speci... Read More about Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia.

A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Sousa, R., Zając, T., Halabowski, D., Aksenova, O. V., Bespalaya, Y. V., Carvalho, F., Castro, P., Douda, K., da Silva, J. P., Ferreira-Rodríguez, N., Geist, J., Gumpinger, C., Labecka, A. M., Lajtner, J., Lewin, I., Lopes-Lima, M., Meira, A., Nakamura, K., Nogueira, J. G., Ondina, P., …Aldridge, D. C. (2023). A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe. Conservation Biology, 37(2), Article e13994. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13994

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 biodiversity and its ecosystem services. However, whilst some taxonomic... Read More about A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe.

A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs (2022)
Journal Article
Zieritz, A., Sousa, R., Aldridge, D. C., Douda, K., Esteves, E., Ferreira-Rodríguez, N., Mageroy, J. H., Nizzoli, D., Osterling, M., Reis, J., Riccardi, N., Daill, D., Gumpinger, C., & Vaz, A. S. (2022). A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs. Biological Reviews, 97(5), 1967-1998. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12878

Identification of ecosystem services, i.e. the contributions that ecosystems make to human well-being, has proven instrumental in galvanising public and political support for safeguarding biodiversity and its benefits to people. Here we synthesise th... Read More about A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs.

DNA metabarcoding unravels unknown diversity and distribution patterns of tropical freshwater invertebrates (2022)
Journal Article
Zieritz, A., Lee, P. S., Han, W. E. W., Lim, S. Y., Sing, K. W., Chan, W. N., Loo, J. S., Mahadzir, F. N., Ng, T. H., Yeo, D. C., Gan, L. X., Gan, J. Y., Gibbins, C., Zoqratt, M. Z. H. M., & Wilson, J. J. (2022). DNA metabarcoding unravels unknown diversity and distribution patterns of tropical freshwater invertebrates. Freshwater Biology, 67(8), 1411-1427. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13926

Tropical freshwater invertebrate species are becoming extinct without being described, and effective conservation is hampered by a lack of taxonomic and distribution data. DNA metabarcoding is a promising tool for rapid biodiversity assessments that... Read More about DNA metabarcoding unravels unknown diversity and distribution patterns of tropical freshwater invertebrates.