| Title | Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges |
| Abstract | Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status of the 16 currently recognized species in Europe, collating for the first time their life-history traits, distribution, conservation status, habitat preferences, and main threats in order to suggest future management actions. In northern, central, and eastern Europe, a relatively homogeneous species composition is found in most basins. In southern Europe, despite the lower species richness, spatially restricted species make these basins a high conservation priority. Information on freshwatermussels in Europe is unevenly distributed with considerable differences in data quality and quantity among countries and species. To make conservation more effective in the future, we suggest greater international cooperation using standardized protocols and methods to monitor and manage European freshwater mussel diversity. Such an approach will not only help conserve this vulnerable group but also, through the protection of these important organisms, will offer wider benefits to freshwater ecosystems. |
| Source | Biological reviews (Camb., Print) 92, pp. 572–607 |
| Keywords | BiologyEcologyFreshwater bivalvesNaiadsMargaritiferidaeUnionidae |
| Journal | Biological reviews (Camb., Print) |
| Editor | Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, Regno Unito |
| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1111/brv.12244 |
| Authors | Lopes-Lima M., Aldridge D., Araujo R., Bergengren J., Bespalaja Y., Bodis E., Lyubov B., Douda K., Geist J., Gurskas A., Killeen I., Lajtner J., Larsen B., Lauceri R., Lois S., Lundberg S., Moorkens E., Motte G., Nagel K., Paz O., Paunovic M., Prie V., Von Proschwitz T., Riccardi N., Rudzite M., Rudzitis M., Seddon M., Sokolova S., Sousa R., Stoeckl K., Tonu T., Thielen F., Van Damme D., Varandas S., Vicentini H., Zajac K., Zajac T. |
| Text | 382282 2017 10.1111/brv.12244 Scopus 2 s2.0 84953283837 ISI Web of Science WOS 000391937700030 Biology Ecology Freshwater bivalves Naiads Margaritiferidae Unionidae Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe state of the art and future challenges Lopes Lima M., Aldridge D., Araujo R., Bergengren J., Bespalaja Y., Bodis E., Lyubov B., Douda K., Geist J., Gurskas A., Killeen I., Lajtner J., Larsen B., Lauceri R., Lois S., Lundberg S., Moorkens E., Motte G., Nagel K., Paz O., Paunovic M., Prie V., Von Proschwitz T., Riccardi N., Rudzite M., Rudzitis M., Seddon M., Sokolova S., Sousa R., Stoeckl K., Tonu T., Thielen F., Van Damme D., Varandas S., Vicentini H., Zajac K., Zajac T. http //puma.isti.cnr.it/linkdoc.php idauth=44 idcol=31 icode=2017 A0 005 authority=cnr.ise collection=cnr.ise langver=it Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status of the 16 currently recognized species in Europe, collating for the first time their life history traits, distribution, conservation status, habitat preferences, and main threats in order to suggest future management actions. In northern, central, and eastern Europe, a relatively homogeneous species composition is found in most basins. In southern Europe, despite the lower species richness, spatially restricted species make these basins a high conservation priority. Information on freshwatermussels in Europe is unevenly distributed with considerable differences in data quality and quantity among countries and species. To make conservation more effective in the future, we suggest greater international cooperation using standardized protocols and methods to monitor and manage European freshwater mussel diversity. Such an approach will not only help conserve this vulnerable group but also, through the protection of these important organisms, will offer wider benefits to freshwater ecosystems. 92 Published version https //www.scopus.com/results/results.uri src=s st1= st2= sot=b sdt=b origin=searchbasic rr= sl=106 s=TITLE ABS KEY Conservation%20status%20of%20freshwater%20mussels%20in%20Europe %20state%20of%20the%20art%20and%20future%20challenges searchterm1=Conservation%20status%20of%20freshwater%20mussels%20in%20Europe %20state%20of%20the%20art%20and%20future%20challenges searchTerms= connectors= Lopes Lima_et_al 2017 Biological_Reviews Lopes Lima_et_al 2017 Biological_Reviews.pdf Articolo in rivista Blackwell Publishing 1464 7931 Biological reviews Camb., Print Biological reviews Camb., Print Biol. rev. Camb., Print Biological reviews Camb., Print Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Print. 1998 Camb., Print rosaria.lauceri LAUCERI ROSARIA nicolettarita.riccardi RICCARDI NICOLETTA RITA |
