Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

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Geospatial genetics: Integrating genetics into marine protection and spatial planning	77
Editorial: Finding sanctuary in the Earth's complexity	67
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Elasmobranch fishing and trade in Sarawak, Malaysia, with implications for management	48
Diet plasticity and links to changing foraging behaviour in the conservation of subantarctic yellow‐eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)	35
A niche‐based gap analysis for the conservation of odonate species in the Brazilian Amazon	33
Comparison of spatial distribution models to predict subtidal burying habitat of the forage fish Ammodytes personatus in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada	31
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Genetic monitoring of the declining European stony sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus from the central Bay of Biscay (Asturias, northwest Spain) and attempts to restore its wild popula	25
A stakeholder‐supported conservation assessment for a data‐limited species: Olympic mudminnow (Novumbra hubbsi)	25
Diet of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Gulf of California, Mexico	22
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Mass mortality of the Critically Endangered naked characin (Gymnocharacinus bergii): Possible causes and impact	22
Spawning habitat suitability maps for the conservation of the tri‐spine horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus in Tsuyazaki Cove, Fukuoka, Japan	20
Prediction of potential freshwater pearl mussel habitat aids in discovery of a large population of Margaritifera laevis in Iturup Island, Russia	19
Use of passive acoustic monitoring to document the distribution of the Indo‐Pacific finless porpoise in the south‐east region of Pearl River estuary, China: Implications for conservation and managemen	19
Elevated salinity and temperature associated with climate change threaten the survival and conservation of desert spring amphipods	19
A multi‐metric index for assessing two decades of community responses to broad‐scale shoreline enhancement and restoration along the Toronto waterfront	18
Spatial management measures benefit the critically endangered flapper skate, Dipturus intermedius	18
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Recovery, conservation status, and environmental effects on arapaima populations in Guyana	17
Developing artificial nest boxes for a large aquatic mammal	17
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Eating China's softshell turtle species to extinction	15
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Hydromorphological rehabilitation improves channel morphology, instream biotopes, and macroinvertebrate communities, and thus enhances the conservation of an urban river	14
Assessing the benefits of the marine protected area of Punta Coles, southern Peru (south‐east Pacific) on productivity of conspicuous benthic species using pre‐image population analysis	14
The distribution and habitat characterization of the East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri) in coastal waters off Qingdao, China: Implications for managem	14
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A 40‐year chronology of the vulnerability of spinetail devil ray (Mobula mobular) to eastern Pacific tuna fisheries and options for future conservation and management	14
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Exposure of individual harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and waters surrounding protected habitats to acoustic deterrent noise from aquaculture	14
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A direct multiplex loop‐mediated isothermal amplification method to detect three CITES‐listed shark species	13
Integrating Direct Experimental Fishing and Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Assess Fish Biodiversity in the Cibareno River, Indonesia, to Support Fishway Design	13
First assessment of passive acoustics as a tool to monitor the endangered Mediterranean monk seal in the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal)	13
Abundance of five sympatric stream dwelling mussels varies with physical habitat	13
Historical abundance and distributions of Salpa thompsoni hot spots in the Southern Ocean and projections for further ocean warming	13
The social behaviour of the common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) in the coastal waters of Lampedusa Island (Strait of Sicily, Italy)	12
Habitat Selection and Negative Effect of River Regulation on the Abundance of the Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), a Riparian Shorebird	12
Life history traits and conservation actions for the Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana), an endangered species occupying an anthropogenically impacted estuary	12
Trophic history of Hawaiian green turtles as revealed by stable isotope ratios (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S) in the bones of museum specimens	12
Natural shorelines support greater diversity and abundances of fishes than armoured shores along Chicago's waterways	12
Population connectivity across east Australia's bioregions and larval duration of the range‐extending sea starMeridiastra calcar	12
Designing, implementing and monitoring the translocation of a highly threatened freshwater fish	12
Genetic population structure of the critically endangered stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) in the Black Sea basin: Implications for conservation	12
Environmental variables influencing occurrence and distribution ofDelphinus delphisin the eastern Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean Sea)	12
Evaluating the effects of a SharkSafe Barrier™ shoreline deployment on bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) behaviour	11
Fish morphological and parasitological traits as ecological indicators of habitat quality in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon	11
Effects of sea‐level rise and storm‐enhanced flooding on Pacific harbour seal habitat: A comparison of haul‐out changes at the Russian and Eel river estuaries	11
Freshwater conservation: Lost in limnology?	11
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A vessel collision report for Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera brydei) off the northern coast of São Paulo, Brazil	10
Responses of native freshwater mussels to remediation to remove polychlorinated biphenyl‐contaminated sediments in the upper Hudson River	10
Intertidal Soundscapes of Hardened and Living Shorelines: A Case Study of Habitat Enhancement	10
Distribution and diversity of elasmobranchs in the Sea of Marmara: A 2023 status report	10
Kinship assessment and insights into reproductive behaviour of the Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron in Western Australia	10
Marine spatial plans focusing on biodiversity conservation: The case of the Aegean Sea	10
Evaluating the potential white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) swim pattern manipulation capabilities of the novel and noninvasive Shark Exclusion Barrier	10
Intensive temporal and spatial sampling of polychaete biodiversity reveals significant implications for impact assessment and marine park design	10
First estimate of distribution, abundance, and risk of encounter with aquaculture vessels for the rare Chilean dolphin in the entire Northern Chilean Patagonia	10
Invertebrate diversity associated with a shallow rhodolith bed in the Mediterranean Sea (Mar Piccolo of Taranto, south‐east Italy)	10
Determinants of range sizes pinpoint vulnerability of groundwater species to climate change: A case study on subterranean amphipods from the Dinarides	10
Artificial aquatic habitats impoverish amphibian diversity in agricultural landscapes of central Argentina	10
The role of adaptive resistance in a widespread freshwater mussel species	10
The first closed fishing area and season for oceanic squids in the high seas	9
Assessing Potential Spawning and Nursery Habitat Availability in the River Rhine for the Critically Endangered European Sturgeon	9
Inferring the demographic history of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) from genomic data: Insights for conservation and fisheries management	9
What is the ecological footprint of aquaculture after 5 decades of competition between mangrove conservation and shrimp farm development?	9
Conservation evaluation of three Nigerian streams in different vegetation zones demonstrates why pristine freshwater ecosystems in the Afrotropics should be protected	9
Evidence of hybridization between Yaqui catfish Ictalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896) and channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) in north‐west México reve	9
High Vulnerability of Rhodolith Bed Frameworks and Underlying Sediment to Ongoing Ocean Climate Change	9
Protection gaps in Amazon floodplains will increase with climate change: Insight from the world's largest scaled freshwater fish	9

Does the Ice Age legacy end in Central Europe? The shrinking distributions of glacial relict crustaceans in Lithuania	9
Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) restocking experiment in an urban turbid reef environment	9
Biodiversity on sale: The shark meat market threatens elasmobranchs in Brazil	9
Experimental quantification of multiple point‐source pollution effects on juvenile freshwater mussels in a stream exposure gradient	9
Interdisciplinary science and fishers’ local ecological knowledge of sawfishes in the Yucatán Peninsula	9
Modelling and predicting freshwater mussel distributions in the Midwestern USA	9
Slippery customers for conservation: Distribution and decline of anguillid eels in South Africa	9
Nowhere to hide: Sea turtle bycatch in Northwest Africa	9
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Effects of multiple stressors on recruitment of long‐lived endangered freshwater mussels	8
Small no‐take areas benefit hard corals more than regulation through fishing permits	8
Human Impacts and Larger Geographic Area Explain the Highest Number of Non‐Native Species of Freshwater Fishes Into Brazilian Protected Area	8
Pond basin colonization by terrestrial vegetation indicates wetland deterioration	8
Filling global gaps in monitoring data with local knowledge	8
Unfoldings of Environmental Racism: Are They Reaching Rhodolith Beds and Related Sociobiodiversities?	8
Where have all the sawfishes gone? Perspectives on declines of these Critically Endangered species in Sri Lanka	8
Spawning aggregation behaviour in the Creole perch,Percichthys trucha(Percichthyidae): A target species for conservation	8
Groundtruthing cumulative impact assessments with biodiversity data: Testing indicators and methods for marine ecosystem condition assessments in South Africa	8
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Commercial fishery bycatch risk for large juvenile and adult smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in Florida waters	8
Limnological perspectives on conservation of floodplain lakes in the Amazon basin	8
Reserve effect of a small North‐East Atlantic marine protected area (Arrábida, Portugal) on soft‐sediment fish species	8
Averting co‐extinction: Successful mussel translocation rescues an endangered population of the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus	8
Advances and challenges in marine conservation in Chile: A regional and global comparison	8
Captive breeding of European freshwater mussels as a conservation tool: A review	7
Rhodolith Beds Along the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: From Shallow to Mesophotic Habitats. Review of a Singular Ecosystem	7
Distribution and establishment of the alien Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in the Zambezi Basin	7
Drivers of biodiversity loss in freshwater environments: A bibliometric analysis of the recent literature	7
Predicting summer fin whale distribution in the Pelagos Sanctuary (north‐western Mediterranean Sea) to identify dynamic whale–vessel collision risk areas	7
Trophic niche overlap between native freshwater mussels (Order: Unionida) and the invasive Corbicula fluminea	7
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Communicating complex marine science: Does media format matter?	7
Shifts in the size and distribution of marine trophy fishing world records	7
Bottlenecks and barriers: Patterns of abundance in early mussel life stages reveal a potential obstacle to reef recovery	7
Community‐based citizen science projects can support the distributional monitoring of fishes	7
Implementation of seed collection programs for the recovery of Argopecten purpuratus populations in the La Rinconada marine reserve (Antofagasta, Chile)	7
Looking for reliable species distribution models for low‐density cetacean species: Compared effectiveness of SDMs for G. griseus, G. melas, Z. cavirostris in the Mediterranean Sea	7
Hatcheries maintain high genetic variation but show shifts in genetic structure of progenies of five endangered riffleshell species (Epioblasma) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the eastern United Stat	7
Diving into archival data: The hidden decline of the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) in Queensland, Australia	7
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Genetic and Morphometric Support for the Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831), in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean	7
Dynamics of juvenile salmon and forage fishes in nearshore kelp forests	7
An alarming tendency towards freshwater mussel misidentification in scientific works may bias endangered and invasive species management	7
Contextualizing the relative importance of habitat connectivity for metapopulation persistence: A case study of a critically endangered fish	7
Effects of temporal hydrologic shifts on the population biology of an endangered freshwater fish in a dryland river ecosystem	7
Evaluating UAV‐based multispectral imagery for mapping an intertidal seagrass environment	7
Recovering or Still Depleted? Updated Population Assessment of Tappanaga, a Northern Local Population of Short‐Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the Coast o	6
Recent Eel Decline in a Large Mediterranean Wetland	6
A 21‐year recovery trend in green turtle nesting activity: 2002–2022	6
A conservation genetics perspective on supportive breeding: A case study of the common nase (Chondrostoma nasus)	6
Assessing the potential for restoring freshwater mussels to urban streams	6
A feasibility study for the application of climate change vulnerability assessments on species in the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area	6
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Phylogeography of the Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) in the Eastern Pacific	6
Exploring the Fate of Freshwater and Riparian Ecosystems Within National Forests and Developing Sustainable Recreation Patterns Across the American Intermountain West	6
Basking shark tourism in Donegal, Ireland – a case‐study of public interest and support for shark conservation	6
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Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) in Bardiya National Park, Nepal: Population, habitat and threats	6
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Independent statistical validation of the New Zealand Seafloor Community Classification	6
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The Newly Formed Ribb Reservoir Could Serve as a Refugia for Conserving Ethiopia's Globally Unique Labeobarbus Species Flock	6
Recent Occurrence of the Critically Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish Pristis pectinata in Tamaulipas, Mexico	6
Marine Forests Forever—A Necessary Multilateral Program for a Fair Future	6
Wild or Farmed: Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Values as Natural Biomarkers to Improve the Traceability of Endangered Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi, Sciaenidae)	6
Did zebra mussel fill the type habitat of a worldwide‐rare freshwater brown macroalga?	6
Is the protected Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) population in Gilbert Bay, Labrador, nearing a tipping point?	6
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Maerl Bed Conservation: Successes and Failures	6
Social Clustering and Conservation Implications for Critically Endangered Taiwanese Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis taiwanensis)	6
Genetic diversity of immature Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles from the northern Gulf of Mexico	5
An ecological resilience index to improve conservation action for stream fish habitat	5
Science for conserving Amazon freshwater ecosystems	5
Habitat characterization, anthropogenic impacts and conservation of rhodolith beds off southeastern Malta	5
Fine‐scale social and genetic structure of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana, USA	5
Abundance of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and proposal for a priority area of conservation in the Southern Gulf of Mexico marine ecoregion	5
Artisanal fishing affects the local distribution of broad‐snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) within the Atlantic Forest of Brazil	5
Spatial and temporal dynamics of a Nassau grouper fish spawning aggregation located on an isolated seamount in Puerto Rico	5

Taxonomic diversity and distribution of the genus Proterorhinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot with conservation implications	5
Spatio‐temporal, ontogenetic and sex‐related patterns in resource use of Amazonian manatees across floodplains and estuaries as inferred by δ13C and δ15N isotopic v	5
Environmental DNA revealed high accuracy in detection of the Eurasian otter in Himalaya	5
The effect of planting grass filter strips on fishes in agricultural headwater streams	5
Good new(t)s: Rapid recolonization of a restored fish‐invaded habitat by two newt species in southern Italy	5
How effective are marine parks in protecting their coral reef ecosystem? A study case in the Mexican Caribbean	5
Assessing large‐scale movement of an endangered fish: Dispersal of stocked age‐0 pallid sturgeon in the lower Missouri River	5
Air‐breathing ecology ofArapaimasp.: Conservation implications for an imperilled fish	5
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A creeping threat? Introduced Macquarie turtles and the future of endangered helmeted turtles in southern Australia	5
An environmental DNA approach to informing restoration of the functionally extinct oyster, Ostrea angasi	5
Long‐term (29‐year) spatiotemporal patterns of sea turtle deaths in the southern Gulf of Mexico	5
Development of an Environmental and Faecal DNA Tool for Monitoring the Spatial Distribution and Fish Predation on the Mountain Amphibian Calotriton asper	5
Prevalence and severity of sublethal injuries in crown‐of‐thorns starfish relative to marine reserves in the Great Barrier Reef	5
Genetic Divergence in the Natural Regeneration of Black Poplar Along the Vistula River in Poland	5
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El Niño–Southern Oscillation impacts on jumbo squid habitat: Implication for fisheries management	5
Factors influencing the at‐haulback mortality of striped marlin Tetrapturus audax caught by tuna longline fishery in the western Indian Ocean	5
Assessing the conservation status of mangroves in Rakhine, Myanmar	5
Earthquake impacts on a protected pinniped in New Zealand	5
Towards a local mass mortality of the Mediterranean orange coral Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766) in the Pelagie Islands Marine Protected Area (Italy)	5
Behaviour and occurrence of the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in relation to habitat characteristics and the influence of human activities in a protected area in nor	5
Survey of freshwater mussels using high‐resolution acoustic imaging sonar and deep learning‐based object detection in Lake Izunuma, Japan	5
Evaluating candidate wetlands for the assisted colonization of the western swamp turtle Pseudemydura umbrina in a changing climate: Macro‐invertebrate food resources and turtle diet	5
Growth and longevity of the endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for conservation and management	5
Classifying flow regimes of the Amazon basin	5
Patterns in Plant Species Diversity and Composition of a Restored Nature‐Based Solutions Floodplain	5
Porpoises, by‐catch and the ‘pinger’ conundrum	5
Assessing the Efficiency of the Marine Protected Area Systems in the Southeastern Pacific	5
Variable breeding success and its implication in the conservation of endangered yellow‐eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) at the New Zealand subantarctic Auckland Islands	5
How the incentives of participating organizations influence the current scales of coral reef restoration activities	5
Fish and flows: Abiotic drivers influence the recruitment response of a freshwater fish community throughout a regulated lotic system of the Murray‐Darling Basin, Australia	5
Successful establishment of endangered springsnails following habitat enhancement and translocations	4
Another potential disaster? On a proposal to introduce Nile perch, Lates niloticus, into Lake Kariba (Zambia/Zimbabwe)	4
Peanut worms as unreported fishery resources in Brazil	4
Searching for the critically endangered European eel in oceanic islands: A pioneer study in the freshwater systems of Madeira, Macaronesia	4
Baseline assessment of the coastal elasmobranch fauna of Eastern Cabo Verde, West Africa	4
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Suitable habitats of two coastal cetaceans along the northern Arabian Sea: Important marine mammal areas susceptible to conservation gaps	4
A hydrologic and land cover‐based habitat model for use in bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) conservation	4
Age and growth of the Critically Endangered flapper skate, Dipturus intermedius	4
Habitat protection planning for Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in deteriorating environments: Knowledge gaps and recommendations for action	4
Modelling the effects of variation in growth, recruitment, and harvest on lake sturgeon population viability and recovery	4
Biogeography, ecology, and conservation of mayfly communities of relict mountain streams, north‐eastern Algeria	4
Involving local people in the conservation of the critically endangered freshwater turtle Dermatemys mawii in southern Mexico	4
An interrupted time series approach to assess Marine Protected Area impacts on recreational fishing licence sales	4
Sea bed disturbance increases flat oyster recruitment for low to moderate stock densities	4
Looking forward in aquatic conservation	4
Using ecological trajectories to track long‐term taxonomic and functional changes in benthic shallow soft‐bottom communities (Bay of Saint‐Brieuc, English Channel)	4
Assessing the effects of coral reef habitat and marine protected areas on threatened megafauna using aerial surveys	4
Conservation planning for threatened marine megafauna: Moving forward with a better approach	4
Social, spatial and isotopic niche partitioning identify an estuarine community of bottlenose dolphins as a discrete management unit	4
When is protection not conservation? A case study of semi‐natural freshwater marshes in Hong Kong	4
An isolated population of Austrolebias charrua (Rivulidae, Cyprinodontiformes) detected in a fragile ecosystem (Maldonado, Uruguay)	4
Exploring the elusive deep‐sea sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo) in the Adriatic Sea: Novel records, health assessments and conservation implications	4
Ex situ growing out of early stages of wild seahorses: Envisioning conservation options for threatened populations	4
Identifying the seasonal characteristics of likely habitats for the Yangtze finless porpoise in Poyang Lake	4
Ecological risk assessment of elasmobranchs caught in the Gulf of Papua prawn fishery	4
Population genetic structure of the endemic fish Gambusia marshi from the Cuatro Ciénegas basin and its outflow in Coahuila, Mexico	4
Bryde's whales in the North‐East Atlantic: New insights on site fidelity and connectivity between oceanic archipelagos	4
Assessment of the genetic diversity of Chinese freshwater mussels and refuge areas in the Yangtze River floodplain	4
Aquarium setup for the long‐term housing of Pseudanodonta complanata (Bivalvia: Unionidae) towards captive breeding success	4
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Factors associated with distributions of six fishes of greatest conservation need in streams in midwestern USA	4
Multi‐disciplinary surveys reveal a small subpopulation of Hector's dolphins is frequently exposed to the risk of bycatch	4
Sun coral management effectiveness in a wildlife refuge from south‐eastern Brazil	4
Population distribution, connectivity and differentiation of Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins in Chinese waters: Key baselines for improving conservation management	4
Impact of marine debris on coral reef ecosystem of Palk Bay, Indian Ocean	4
A new genus and two new, rare freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) species endemic to Borneo are threatened by ongoing habitat destruction	4
Exploring the Potential of Seed‐Based Dwarf Eelgrass (Zostera noltii) Restoration	4
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Environmental DNA reveals the temporal and spatial extent of spawning migrations of European shad in a highly fragmented river basin	4
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Understanding the drivers of seagrass loss in Kenya: Evidence for the impacts of population and fishing	4
‘A human values issue’: Actors, arguments, and regulatory change in the Florida land‐based shark fishery	4
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An environmental DNA assay for the detection of Critically Endangered angel sharks (Squatina spp.)	4
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Conserving Freshwater Ecosystems in India: A call to action	4
Recent cetacean taxonomic changes and conservation action	4
Leveraging a century of fisheries surveys to prioritize conservation efforts for species in Great Plains streams of Oklahoma (USA)	4
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Short note: An assessment of the status of sawfishes and of guitarfish landings in artisanal fisheries in Ghana	4
Satellite Tracking and Photographic‐Identification as Connectivity‐Based Tools Towards Conservation Planning of Pilot Whales	3
Drivers of the Distributions of Stream‐Dwelling Crayfishes in the New River Catchment, United States	3
Boom‐and‐bust cycles of holothurian (sea cucumber) populations in the Chagos Archipelago: An indication of poaching or natural processes?	3
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An Update on the Conservation Status Assessment of two Endangered Freshwater Mussel Species in Bavaria, Germany	3
Widman, E.A., Collins, C., Evans, L., Price, A.R.G. (2023). Boom‐and‐bust cycles of holothurian (sea cucumber) populations in the Chagos Archipelago: An indication of poaching or natural processes?Aqu	3
Co‐occurrence patterns of endangered Sakhalin taimen and introduced rainbow trout in Hokkaido, Japan, inferred by environmental DNA metabarcoding	3
Alternative conservation outcomes from aquatic fauna translocations: Losing and saving the Running River rainbowfish	3
Call to Action for Conservation of the Critically Endangered Ganges Shark (Glyphis gangeticus)	3
Seasonal niche and spatial distribution modelling of the loggerhead (Caretta caretta) in the Adriatic and Ionian seas	3
Use of passive acoustic monitoring to fill knowledge gaps of fish global conservation status	3