Disappearing giants: a review of threats to freshwater megafauna

Search for Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) in the upper Yangtze River during 2009-2013 including reevaluation of data from 2006 to 2008

(2016) Hui Zhang et al.   AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES

New evidence may support the persistence and adaptability of the near-extinct Chinese sturgeon

(2016) Ping Zhuang et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

(2016) William J. Ripple et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Flagship umbrella species needed for the conservation of overlooked aquatic biodiversity

(2016) Gregor Kalinkat et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

(2016) K. O. Winemiller et al.   SCIENCE

Looking Beyond the Fenceline: Assessing Protection Gaps for the World's Rivers

(2016) Robin Abell et al.   Conservation Letters

Organochlorine pesticides in nest substratum and infertile eggs of American crocodiles (Reptilia, Crocodylidae) in a Mexican Caribbean atoll

(2016) Pierre Charruau et al.   CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Conservation and behavior of Africa’s “Big Five”

(2016) Tim Caro et al.   Current Zoology

Sea-trout habitat fragmentation affects threatened freshwater pearl mussel

(2015) E. Martin Österling et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

How illegal are tropical small-scale fisheries? An estimate for arapaima in the Amazon

(2015) Letícia Maria Cavole et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Drastic decline in spawning activity of Chinese sturgeonAcipenser sinensisGray 1835 in the remaining spawning ground of the Yangtze River since the construction of hydrodams

(2015) J. M. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY

Intersex in fishes and amphibians: population implications, prevalence, mechanisms and molecular biomarkers

(2015) Ahmed Abdel-moneim et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY

Global nutrient transport in a world of giants

(2015) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inter-year variation in pup production of Caspian seals Pusa caspica 2005–2012 determined from aerial surveys

(2015) L Dmitrieva et al.   Endangered Species Research

The legendary hump-backed mahseer Tor sp. of India’s River Cauvery: an endemic fish swimming towards extinction?

(2015) AC Pinder et al.   Endangered Species Research

Of wood and rivers: bridging the perception gap

(2015) Ellen Wohl   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Whole-community facilitation by beaver: ecosystem engineer increases waterbird diversity

(2014) Petri Nummi et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

A global boom in hydropower dam construction

(2014) Christiane Zarfl et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

The Yangtze finless porpoise: On an accelerating path to extinction?

(2014) Zhigang Mei et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Chlorinated, brominated, and fluorinated organic pollutants in Nile crocodile eggs from the Kruger National Park, South Africa

(2014) Hindrik Bouwman et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Initial evaluation of the release programme for Dabry's sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanusDuméril, 1868) in the upper Yangtze River

(2014) J. M. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY

Status and the potential for extinction of the largetooth sawfishPristis pristisin the Atlantic Ocean

(2013) Joana Fernandez-Carvalho et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Re-description ofArapaima agassizii(Valenciennes), a Rare Fish from Brazil (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae)

(2013) Donald J. Stewart   COPEIA

A New Species ofArapaima(Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae) from the Solimões River, Amazonas State, Brazil

(2013) Donald J. Stewart   COPEIA

Fiddling in biodiversity hotspots while deserts burn? Collapse of the Sahara's megafauna

(2013) S. M. Durant et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Review on the effects of toxicants on freshwater ecosystem functions

(2013) K. Peters et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Improving the surrogacy effectiveness of charismatic megafauna with well-surveyed taxonomic groups and habitat types

(2013) Enrico Di Minin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Global water, the anthropocene and the transformation of a science

(2013) Charles J Vörösmarty et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

The vulnerability of Amazon freshwater ecosystems

(2013) Leandro Castello et al.   Conservation Letters

Sturgeon and paddlefish research focuses on low risk species and largely disregards endangered species

(2013) J Gessner et al.   Endangered Species Research

Can local ecological knowledge be used to assess status and extinction drivers in a threatened freshwater cetacean?

(2012) Samuel T. Turvey et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The use of the urogenital papillae of male feral African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as indicator of exposure to estrogenic chemicals in two polluted dams in an urban nature reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

(2012) Taneshka Kruger et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Common pattern of population decline for freshwater cetacean species in deteriorating habitats

(2012) SHIANG-LIN HUANG et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Invading with biological weapons: the importance of disease-mediated invasions

(2012) Alex Strauss et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

River Dolphins Can Act as Population Trend Indicators in Degraded Freshwater Systems

(2012) Samuel T. Turvey et al.   PLoS One

Integrative freshwater ecology and biodiversity conservation

(2011) Juergen Geist   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

A quantitative assessment of fish passage efficiency

(2011) Michael J Noonan et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

High-resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management

(2011) Bernhard Lehner et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Global sturgeon aquaculture production: an overview

(2011) P. Bronzi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species

(2011) William R. T. Darwall et al.   Conservation Letters

The demise of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) as a keystone species for aquatic ecosystem conservation in South Africa: The case of the Olifants River

(2010) Peter J. Ashton   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Biodiversity in a forest-agriculture mosaic – The changing face of West African rainforests

(2010) Ken Norris et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A Demographic Study of the Arrau Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) in the Middle Orinoco River, Venezuela

(2010) Sol C. Mogollones et al.   CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY

Rapidly Shifting Baselines in Yangtze Fishing Communities and Local Memory of Extinct Species

(2010) SAMUEL T. TURVEY et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Freshwaters in the Public Eye: Understanding the Role of Images and Media in Aquatic Conservation

(2010) Jeremy B. Monroe et al.   FISHERIES

Human–wildlife conflict in Mozambique: a national perspective, with emphasis on wildlife attacks on humans

(2010) Kevin M. Dunham et al.   ORYX

Inland capture fisheries

(2010) R. L. Welcomme et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Climate warming and reproduction in Chinese alligators

(2009) F. Zhang et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Fish, Floods, and Ecosystem Engineers: Aquatic Conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

(2009) Ketlhatlogile Mosepele et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Evaluating recreational fisheries for an endangered species: a case study of taimen, Hucho taimen, in Mongolia

(2009) Olaf P. Jensen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

An integrated risk assessment for climate change: analysing the vulnerability of sharks and rays on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

(2009) ANDREW CHIN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Forgotten Megafauna

(2009) Dennis M. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Top Predators as Conservation Tools: Ecological Rationale, Assumptions, and Efficacy

(2008) Fabrizio Sergio et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China

(2008) Xiujiang Zhao et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Invasive cane toads ( Bufo marinus ) cause mass mortality of freshwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus johnstoni ) in tropical Australia

(2008) Mike Letnic et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Engaging Recreational Fishers in Management and Conservation: Global Case Studies

(2008) E. F. GRANEK et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Big dams and salmon evolution: changes in thermal regimes and their potential evolutionary consequences

(2008) Michael J. Angilletta et al.   Evolutionary Applications