| Authors | 2.Aldridge DC, Ollard IS, Bespalaya YV, Bolotov IN, Douda K, Geist J, Haag WR, Klunzinger MW, Lopes-Lima M, Mlambo MC, Riccardi N, Sousa R, Strayer DL, Torres SH, Vaughn CC, Zaj?c T, Zieritz A |
| Text | 475462 2022 10.1111/gcb.16510 conservation diversity ecosystem services freshwater mussel horizon scan mussel health threats unionid Freshwater mussel conservation A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities. 2.Aldridge DC, Ollard IS, Bespalaya YV, Bolotov IN, Douda K, Geist J, Haag WR, Klunzinger MW, Lopes Lima M, Mlambo MC, Riccardi N, Sousa R, Strayer DL, Torres SH, Vaughn CC, Zaj c T, Zieritz A Aquatic Ecology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK2N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arkhangelsk, Russia3Northern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia4Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic5Aquatic Systems Biology Unit, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany6Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, U.S. Forest Service, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA7Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia8Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Western Australian, Australia9CIBIO/InBIO/BIOPOLIS Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal10Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Makhanda, South Africa11Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa12CNR Water Research Institute, Verbania, Italy13CBMA Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal14Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, USA15Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA16Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia Santa Cruz CONICET, UNPA, UTN , Unidad Academica San Julian, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Santa Cruz, Argentina17Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA18Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland19School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK We identified 14 emerging and poorly understood threats and opportunities for ad dressing the global conservation of freshwater mussels over the next decade. A panel of 17 researchers and stakeholders from six continents submitted a total of 56 topics that were ranked and prioritized using a consensus building Delphi technique. Our 14 priority topics fell into five broad themes autecology, population dynamics, global stressors, global diversity, and ecosystem services and included understanding diets throughout mussel life history; identifying the drivers of population declines; defining metrics for quantifying mussel health; assessing the role of predators, parasites, and disease; informed guidance on the risks and opportunities for captive breeding and translocations; the loss of mussel fish co evolutionary relationships; assessing the effects of increasing surface water changes; understanding the effects of sand and aggregate mining; understanding the effects of drug pollution and other emerging contaminants such as nanomaterials; appreciating the threats and opportunities aris ing from river restoration; conserving understudied hotspots by building local capac ity through the principles of decolonization; identifying appropriate taxonomic units for conservation; improved quantification of the ecosystem services provided by mussels; and understanding how many mussels are enough to provide these services. Solutions for addressing the topics ranged from ecological studies to technological advances and socio political engagement. Prioritization of our topics can help to drive a proactive approach to the conservation of this declining group which provides a multitude of important ecosystem services. 28 Published version Freshwater mussel conservation A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities pdf Global Change Biol_horizon scanning_2022.pdf Articolo in rivista Blackwell Science. 1354 1013 Global change biology Print Global change biology Print Glob. chang. biol. Print nicolettarita.riccardi RICCARDI NICOLETTA RITA |
