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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 complete mitochondrial genome of Potomida acarnanica (Kobelt, 1879)
Matos, Ana; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Teixeira, Amílcar; Varandas, Simone; Sousa, Ronaldo; Karaouzas, Ioannis; Zogaris, Stamatis; Froufe, ElsaFreshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida) play essential roles in the well-functioning of ecosystems, even providing essential services to humans. However, these bivalves face numerous threats (e.g. habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, introduction of invasive species, and climate change) which have already led to the extinction of many populations. This underscores the need to fully characterize the biolog...
Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and futur...
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Sousa, Ronaldo; Geist, Juergen; Aldridge, David C.; Araujo, Rafael; Bergengren, Jakob; Bespalaya, Yulia V.; Bódis, ErikaFreshwater 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,...
Non perennial Mediterranean Rivers in Europe: Status, pressurs, and challanges ...
Skoulikidis, Nikolaos; Sabater, Sergi; Datry, Thibault; Morais, Manuela; Buffagni, Andrea; Dorflinger, Gerald; Zogaris, StamatisNon-perennial rivers and streams (NPRS) cover >50% of the global river network. They are particularly predominant in Mediterranean Europe as a result of dry climate conditions, climate change and land use development. Historically, both scientists and policy makers underestimated the importance of NRPS for nature and humans alike, mainly because they have been considered as systems of low ecological and economi...
Phylogeny, phylogeography, and evolution in the Mediterranean region: news from...
Froufe, Elsa; Prié, Vincent; Faria, João; Ghamizi, Mohamed; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Gürlek, Mustafa Emre; Karaouzas, Ioannis; Kebapçi, ÜmitThe Potomida genus (Bivalvia, Unionida) has a Circum-Mediterranean distribution and like other freshwater mussel species, its populations have suffered dramatic declines. Although this genus is currently considered as monotypic, it has a long history of taxonomic revisions and presently many aspects of its systematics and evolutionary history are unclear. We sampled a total of 323 individuals from 39 different ...
First record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880...
Karaouzas, Ioannis; Zogaris, Stamatis; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Froufe, Elsa; Varandas, Simone; Teixeira, Amílcar; Sousa, RonaldoThis contribution presents the first record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Greece. The species was found in a water transfer canal adjacent to Lake Marathon, 45 km northeast of Athens; this is the southernmost record of this invasive alien medusa in the Balkan Peninsula and Europe. A review of recently published records shows that this species has expanded its range in Eur...
First record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880...
Karaouzas, Ioannis; Zogaris, Stamatis; Lima, Manuel Lopes; Froufe, Elsa; Varandas, Simone; Teixeira, Amílcar; Sousa, Ronaldo GomesThis contribution presents the first record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Greece. The species was found in a water transfer canal adjacent to Lake Marathon, 45 km northeast of Athens; this is the southernmost record of this invasive alien medusa in the Balkan Peninsula and Europe. A review of recently published records shows that this species has expanded its range in Eur...