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Surveying Biodiverse Coral Reef Ecosystems Across the Tree of Life With Environmental DNA

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 7, October 2026.
ABSTRACT A central challenge in evaluating biodiversity using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is that each primer set has biases resulting in selective amplification of taxonomic diversity. Here we test 11 primer pairs to assess Central Pacific coral reef diversity in the five kingdoms of marine eukaryotes: Chromista, Fungi, Metazoa, Plantae and
Van Wishingrad, Brian W. Bowen, Robert J. Toonen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating fossil data in ecological niche models to improve predictions of future habitat of Caribbean corals

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Ecological niche models (ENMs) are used to assess the abiotic preferences of species by linking their occurrences to the environmental conditions in which they live. We developed a fossil‐informed ENM framework that integrates mid‐Holocene and modern occurrences to test niche stability and reconstruct abiotic niche characteristics for four ...
Claire. M. Williams, Fernando Machado‐Stredel, Rowan C. Martindale, Corinne E. Myers   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The link between colorfulness and extinction risk across the world's passerine birds

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Many of the functional traits that mediate extinction risk across the range of biodiversity relate indirectly to a species’ ability to persist in a changing world, yet certain traits such as coloration directly affect human interactions with wildlife.
Montague H. C. Neate‐Clegg, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying hotspots of faunal data deficiency to direct urgent research and monitoring

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Data deficiency is a substantial challenge for extinction risk assessments because incomplete data means we cannot accurately identify priority protected areas for conservation. Here, we use the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) distributions of amphibians, sharks and rays, fish, mammals, birds, and reptiles to identify ...
Matt W. Hayward, Danielle Verdon‐Kidd, K. Colyvas, Ellen Saxon, Andrea S. Griffin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights from three decades of IUCN Red List assessments catalyzing shark, ray, and chimaera conservation

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is a critical measure of global aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity status. It is also the basis for the Red List Index, which tracks extinction risk over time.
Brittany Finucci, Cassandra L. Rigby, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Sarah Fowler, Lucy R. Harrison, Julia M. Lawson, Riley Pollom, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Rachel H. L. Walls, Rima W. Jabado   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Factors Have a Stronger Influence on the Coral Holobiont in Comparison to Geographic Distance Along a 15,000‐km East‐to‐West Transect Through the Coral Triangle, Pacific and Indian Oceans

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 35, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To determine the factors that structure coral‐associated microbial communities (bacteria and Symbiodiniaceae). These microbial communities play critical roles in reef ecosystem function, yet the relative importance of environmental versus geographic drivers in structuring these communities across large spatial scales remains poorly ...
Rhys A. Thomas, Anderson Mayfield, Onny N. Marwayana, Irma S. Arlyza, Benjamin J. Wainwright   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pacific carbonate budgets approach reveals overall net positive production on O'ahu, Hawai'i. [PDF]

PLoS One
Alagata CE, Barkley HC, Smith JN, Halperin AA, Weible RM, Oechel WC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

In Situ Hybridization and RT‐PCR Detection of Nervous Necrosis Virus in Fourfinger Threadfin, Eleutheronema tetradactylum, in Taiwan

Journal of Fish Diseases, Volume 49, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Between April and July 2020, suspected outbreaks of nervous necrosis virus (NNV) infection were observed in fourfinger threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) fingerling hatcheries in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan. Affected fish exhibited spiral swimming behaviour and abdominal distension, resulting in mortality rates between 50% and 100 ...
Chia‐Yu Hsieh, Shang‐Ting Wu, Chun‐Ying Lin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat Suitability and Glacial Refugia of the Turbid-Water Coral <i>Turbinaria peltata</i> Across the Indo-West Pacific Ocean Based on MaxEnt Modeling. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Zhang Y, Shi C, Zhou J, Liu L, Tang Q, Liao J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the significance of Kenya's indigenous and emerging blue foods for sustainable aquaculture development. A review

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 57, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Kenya's aquaculture sector is at a pivotal stage, transitioning from a historical reliance on Nile tilapia and African catfish toward a more diversified production portfolio that integrates indigenous and emerging freshwater and marine species. This shift is increasingly recognized as essential to enhance climate resilience, food security, and
Jonathan Munguti, Mavindu Muthoka, Domitila Kyule, Esther Magondu, Kevin Obiero, Jimmy Mboya, Menaga Meenakshisundaram, Tanga M. Chrysantus, Gerald Kwikiriza, Francis K. Njonge   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source