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A curated dataset on the distribution of West Palaearctic freshwater bivalves
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Aldridge, David C.; Álvarez, María G.; Araujo, Rafael; Barea-Azcón, José Miguel; Bikashvili, Ani; Bragado, Dolores; Bylyna, LiliaFreshwater bivalves (FWB) are attracting scientific and societal attention given their essential ecosystem services, ecological functions, and poor conservation status. Current knowledge of the spatial distribution of West Palearctic FWB is poor preventing the understanding of biogeography and conservation planning. One of the priorities of the pan-European networking project "CONFREMU - Conservation of freshwa...
Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of...
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Geist, Juergen P.; Egg, S.; Beran, Luboš; Bikashvili, Ani; Van Bocxlaer, Bert; Bogan, Arthur E.; Bolotov, Ivan N.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 Unio crassus, a highly imperilled species originally widespread throughout Europe and southwest Asia. Recent studies have resurrected several species from synonymy bas...
The crown pearl V2: an improved genome assembly of the European freshwater pear...
Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Machado, André M.; Forest, Thomas; Achaz, Guillaume; Teixeira, Amílcar; Prié, Vincent; Castro, L. Filipe C.Contiguous assemblies are fundamental to deciphering the composition of extant genomes. In molluscs, this is considerably challenging owing to the large size of their genomes, heterozygosity, and widespread repetitive content. Consequently, long-read sequencing technologies are fundamental for high contiguity and quality. The first genome assembly of Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca: Bival...
The gill transcriptome of threatened European freshwater mussels
Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Machado, André M.; Castro, L. Filipe C.; Prié, Vincent; Teixeira, Amílcar; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Froufe, ElsaGenomic tools applied to non-model organisms are critical to design successful conservation strategies of particularly threatened groups. Freshwater mussels of the Unionida order are among the most vulnerable taxa and yet almost no genetic resources are available. Here, we present the gill transcriptomes of five European freshwater mussels with high conservation concern: Margaritifera margaritifera, Unio crassu...
Microcondylaea bonellii, a testimonial for neglected endangered species
Riccardi, Nicoletta; Bo, Tiziano; Bogan, Arthur E.; Douda, Karel; Froufe, Elsa; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Lajtner, Jasna; Modesto, VanessaAlthough biodiversity is considered a value to be protected to avoid the degradation of ecosystem functions, conservation practices ignore the role of many species. Species are not protected according to their degree of risk, but according to their degree of attractiveness. The so-called iconic species are used as flag species to convince the public of the need to protect all species to safeguard biodiversity. ...
The role of anthropogenic habitats in freshwater mussel conservation
Sousa, Ronaldo; Halabowski, Dariusz; Labecka, Anna M.; Douda, Karel; Aksenova, Olga V.; Bespalaya, Yulia V.; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Geist, JuergenAnthropogenic freshwater habitats may provide undervalued prospects for long-term conservation as part of species conservation planning. This fundamental, but overlooked, issue requires attention considering the pace that humans have been altering natural freshwater ecosystems and the accelerated levels of biodiversity decline in recent decades. We compiled 709 records of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida)...
Alarming decline of freshwater trigger species in western Mediterranean key bio...
Nogueira, Joana Garrido; Sousa, Ronaldo; Benaissa, Hassan; De Knijf, Geert; Ferreira, Sónia; Ghamizi, Mohamed; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Lansdown, RichardTheidentification of key biodiversity areas (KBA) was initiated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2004 to overcome taxonomic biases in the selection of important areas for conservation, including freshwater ecosystems. Since then, several KBAs have been identified mainly based on the presence of trigger species (i.e., species that trigger either the vulnerability and or the irreplaceabili...
Alarming decline of freshwater trigger species in western Mediterranean key bio...
Nogueira, Joana Garrido; Sousa, Ronaldo; Benaissa, Hassan; De Knijf, Geert; Ferreira, Sónia; Ghamizi, Mohamed; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Lansdown, RichardThe identification of key biodiversity areas (KBA) was initiated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2004 to overcome taxonomic biases in the selection of important areas for conservation, including freshwater ecosystems. Since then, several KBAs have been identified mainly based on the presence of trigger species (i.e., species that trigger either the vulnerability and or the irreplaceabil...
Diversity, biogeography, evolutionary relationships, and conservation of Easter...
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Gürlek, Mustafa Emre; Kebapçi, Ümit; Şereflişan, Hülya; Yanık, Telat; Mirzajani, Alireza; Neubert, Eike; Prié, VincentLocated at the junction between Europe, Africa, and Asia, with distinct evolutionary origins and varied ecological and geographical settings, together with a marked history of changes in orogeny and configuration of the main river basins, turned the Eastern Mediterranean into a region of high diversity and endemism of freshwater taxa. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from the Western Palearctic have bee...
The crown pearl: a draft genome assembly of the European freshwater pearl musse...
Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Machado, André M.; Ramos, António Marcos; Usié, Ana; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Vikhrev, Ilya V.; Breton, SophieSince historical times, the inherent human fascination with pearls turned the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) into a highly valuable cultural and economic resource. Although pearl harvesting in M. margaritifera is nowadays residual, other human threats have aggravated the species conservation status, especially in Europe. This mussel presents a myriad of rare biological feat...