Outputs (4)

Prioritising challenges and actions for freshwater conservation in a tropical biodiversity hotspot (2024)
Journal Article
Zieritz, A., Gibbins, C., Cai, Y., Diba, F., Gan, L. X., Lopes-Lima, M., Mendoza, J. C. E., Morse, J., Ng, T. H., Toh, E. X., Pfeiffer, J., Low, B. W., Marwoto, R., Rahim, K. A. A., Shellman, B., Sulaiman, Z., Tan, Z. W., Wowor, D., Yusuf, N. S., & Yeo, D. C. (2024). Prioritising challenges and actions for freshwater conservation in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Biological Conservation, 299, Article 110839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110839

Tropical fresh waters experience one of the highest rates of biodiversity loss globally. Effective tropical freshwater biodiversity conservation requires prioritised and concerted action that is informed by science, but efforts to synthesise the avai... Read More about Prioritising challenges and actions for freshwater conservation in a tropical biodiversity hotspot.

High endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionida) diversity in western Borneo, with description of three new species (2024)
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Zieritz, A., Pfeiffer, J., Rahim, K. A. A., Prayogo, H., Anwari, M. S., Diba, F., Froufe, E., Blackwell, T., Hartikainen, H., & Lopes-Lima, M. (2024). High endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionida) diversity in western Borneo, with description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 201(3), Article zlae076. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae076

The freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) of the biodiversity hotspot Sundaland are experiencing severe anthropogenic threats, whilst their diversity and distribution remain poorly understood. Here, we present the first modern-day data on Unionida... Read More about High endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionida) diversity in western Borneo, with description of three new species.

Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications (2024)
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Lopes-Lima, M., Geist, J., Egg, S., Beran, L., Bikashvili, A., Van Bocxlaer, B., Bogan, A. E., Bolotov, I. N., Chelpanovskaya, O. A., Douda, K., Fernandes, V., Gomes-dos-Santos, A., Gonçalves, D. V., Gürlek, M. E., Johnson, N. A., Karaouzas, I., Kebapçı, Ü., Kondakov, A. V., Kuehn, R., Lajtner, J., …Froufe, E. (2024). Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 195, Article 108046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108046

The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge is urgently needed for Uni... Read More about Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications.

Review of the globally invasive freshwater mussels in the genus Sinanodonta Modell, 1945 (2024)
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Douda, K., Zieritz, A., Vodáková, B., Urbańska, M., Bolotov, I. N., Marková, J., Froufe, E., Bogan, A. E., & Lopes-Lima, M. (2024). Review of the globally invasive freshwater mussels in the genus Sinanodonta Modell, 1945. Hydrobiologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05457-3

In this review, we synthesize the current knowledge of the biology, ecology, and impact of Sinanodonta freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae), native to East Asia, that have successfully invaded Europe, Central America, North Africa, and several As... Read More about Review of the globally invasive freshwater mussels in the genus Sinanodonta Modell, 1945.