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Distribution modelling for Neotropical freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon brachyura and Potamotrygon motoro (Myliobatiformes, Potamotrygonidae) in the Uruguay River basin

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aimed to identify geographical distribution patterns of the giant short‐tailed river stingray Potamotrygon brachyura and the motoro stingray Potamotrygon motoro in the Uruguay River basin. Data on presence/absence of stingrays were based on fishers' knowledge accessed by interviews through expeditions in Brazil, Argentina and ...
Danilo Araujo Soares Pereira, Roberto E. Reis, Nelson F. Fontoura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

First record of an Odontaspidid shark in Ascension Island waters [PDF]

, 2019
The occurrence of the poorly understood shark species Odontapsis ferox is reported at an oceanic seamount in the central south Atlantic, within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Ascension Island.
Burgess, George H., Richardson, Andrew J., Shepherd, Charles M., Weber, Sam B.   +3 more
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The large scale impact of offshore wind farm structures on pelagic primary productivity in the southern North Sea

, 2018
The increasing demand for renewable energy is projected to result in a 40-fold increase in offshore wind electricity in the European Union by 2030. Despite a great number of local impact studies for selected marine populations, the regional ecosystem ...
Kerimoglu, Onur, Klingbeil, Knut, Lemmen, Carsten, Slavik, Kaela, Wirtz, Kai W., Zhang, Wenyan   +5 more
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Understanding marine biodiversity patterns and drivers: The fall of Icarus

Marine Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity patterns are fundamental in our understanding of the distribution of life, ecosystem function, and conservation. In this concept analysis, A survey of the existing knowledge on marine biodiversity patterns and drivers across latitudes, longitudes, and depths indicates that none of the postulated patterns represent a rule.
Roberto Danovaro
wiley   +1 more source

Megagrazer loss drives complex landscape-scale biophysical cascades

Environmental Research Letters
Wild animals can modulate ecosystem-climate feedbacks, e.g. through impacts on vegetation and associated carbon dynamics. However, vegetation cover and composition also affect land surface albedo, which is an important component of the global energy ...
Olli Hyvarinen, Mariska te Beest, Elizabeth le Roux, Graham I H Kerley, Robert Buitenwerf, Dave J Druce, Jiquan Chen, Linda Rapp, Joana Fernandes, Joris P G M Cromsigt   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial Endolithic Community at Meteor Crater

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Postimpact recovery and evolution in response to climate changes produced a modern ecosystem at Meteor Crater dominated by a grassland and woodland of piñon and juniper, which has been used to evaluate floral and megafaunal consequences of impact cratering during the Phanerozoic Eon of complex life.
David A. Kring, Charles S. Cockell
wiley   +1 more source

Individual variability shapes interaction rewiring and fosters ecosystem restoration by reintroduced giant tortoises in the Seychelles

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Giant tortoises are critical for restoring lost ecological interactions on islands. Following their extinction in Seychelles centuries ago, key ecosystem processes like seed dispersal, browsing, and nutrient cycling were disrupted.
Iago Ferreiro‐Arias, Sergio García‐Peña, Christopher Kaiser‐Bunbury, Pablo Vargas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding multiple pathways of the impacts of socio‐economic shocks on large carnivores

People and Nature
Large carnivores are ecologically, economically and socially important, but they are also among the most threatened species worldwide. These species face numerous threats, most importantly habitat transformation, prey depletion and hunting.
Ranjini Murali, Altynai Adabaeva, Sixto Angulo, Rosario Arispe, Matthias Baumann, Arash Ghoddousi, Amirhossein Khaleghi Hamidi, Martin Jansen, Leili Khalatbari, Igor Khorozyan, Oswaldo Maillard, Daniel Müller, Alfredo Romero‐Mũnoz, Tatjana Rosen, Damian Rumiz, Alex Soshin, Gholam Hosein Yusefi, Tobias Kümmerle   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

The accelerating influence of humans on mammalian macroecological patterns over the late Quaternary [PDF]

, 2019
The transition of hominins to a largely meat-based diet ~1.8 million years ago led to the exploitation of other mammals for food and resources. As hominins, particularly archaic and modern humans, became increasingly abundant and dispersed across the ...
Elliott Smith, Rosemary E., Lyons, S. Kathleen, Payne, Jonathan L., Smith, Felisa A., Villaseñor, Amelia   +4 more
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The Unseen Crisis of Sharks and Rays in Senegal

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
This study presents a conservative quantitative assessment of shark and ray landings and trade in Senegal, revealing extensive exploitation of threatened species. Surveys at two major artisanal processing sites in the Casamance region recorded over 170,000 individuals, mostly rays, with nearly all biomass comprising species at risk of extinction, and ...
Rima W. Jabado, Luc Badji, Ryan Charles, Christoph A. Rohner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source