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Invasive freshwater bivalve of the Neotropical Region
(Sea Grant, 2000-12)
Since the 1960´s, three species of freshwater bivalves: Corbicula fluminea (Müller) or "Asiatic clam", C. largillierti (Philippi) (Corbiculidae) and Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker) or "golden mussel" (Mytilidae), from the ...
Threats Underestimated in Freshwater Plastic Pollution: Mini-Review
(Springer, 2019-07)
Plastic pollution is one of the most acute environmental topics of our time. While there is a great scientific effort to tackle this problem, it has not always been well-coordinated or properly targeted. In this short ...
Socio-economic development, scientific research, and exploitation explain differences in conservation status of marine and freshwater chondrichthyans among countries
(Springer, 2019-11)
Sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras (chondrichthyans) are of high conservation concern; especially obligate freshwater chondrichthyans, given their restricted ranges, proximity to humans, and threatened habitat. The biological ...
Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018-10)
The overwhelming majority of research conducted to date on plastic pollution (all size fractions) has focused on marine ecosystems. In comparison, only a few studies provide evidence for the presence of plastic debris in ...
Distribution of freshwater fish from the Southern Neotropics reveals three new areas of endemism and show diffuse limits among freshwater ecoregions
(Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, 2021-12)
Ecoregions and areas of endemism are central concepts in biogeography. Based on collection records and the Endemic Analyses implemented with NDM/VNDM method we analyzed fish areas of endemism in the junction of three ...
Range extension for three species of South American freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Trichodactylidae)
(Magnolia Press, 2009-03)
New sampling programs have extended the distribution of three species of freshwater crabs (family Trichodactylidae): Dilocarcinus septemdentatus and Sylviocarcinus pictus from the Amazon basin to southern South America, ...