Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

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Geospatial genetics: Integrating genetics into marine protection and spatial planning	88
Editorial: Finding sanctuary in the Earth's complexity	62
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Genetic and Morphometric Support for the Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831), in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean	32
Marine Forests Forever—A Necessary Multilateral Program for a Fair Future	25
Recent Eel Decline in a Large Mediterranean Wetland	25
Exploring the Fate of Freshwater and Riparian Ecosystems Within National Forests and Developing Sustainable Recreation Patterns Across the American Intermountain West	25
Maerl Bed Conservation: Successes and Failures	23
Wild or Farmed: Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Values as Natural Biomarkers to Improve the Traceability of Endangered Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi, Sciaenidae)	23
Phylogeography of the Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) in the Eastern Pacific	22
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The Newly Formed Ribb Reservoir Could Serve as a Refugia for Conserving Ethiopia's Globally Unique Labeobarbus Species Flock	22
Social Clustering and Conservation Implications for Critically Endangered Taiwanese Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis taiwanensis)	22
Bottlenecks and barriers: Patterns of abundance in early mussel life stages reveal a potential obstacle to reef recovery	21
Diet plasticity and links to changing foraging behaviour in the conservation of subantarctic yellow‐eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)	21
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A niche‐based gap analysis for the conservation of odonate species in the Brazilian Amazon	20
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A stakeholder‐supported conservation assessment for a data‐limited species: Olympic mudminnow (Novumbra hubbsi)	19
Mass mortality of the Critically Endangered naked characin (Gymnocharacinus bergii): Possible causes and impact	18
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	18
Recovery, conservation status, and environmental effects on arapaima populations in Guyana	18
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Eating China's softshell turtle species to extinction	17
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Hydromorphological rehabilitation improves channel morphology, instream biotopes, and macroinvertebrate communities, and thus enhances the conservation of an urban river	15
Exposure of individual harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and waters surrounding protected habitats to acoustic deterrent noise from aquaculture	14
Diet of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Gulf of California, Mexico	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
Marine spatial plans focusing on biodiversity conservation: The case of the Aegean Sea	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
Spawning habitat suitability maps for the conservation of the tri‐spine horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus in Tsuyazaki Cove, Fukuoka, Japan	14
A vessel collision report for Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera brydei) off the northern coast of São Paulo, Brazil	14
Prediction of potential freshwater pearl mussel habitat aids in discovery of a large population of Margaritifera laevis in Iturup Island, Russia	13
A multi‐metric index for assessing two decades of community responses to broad‐scale shoreline enhancement and restoration along the Toronto waterfront	13
Elevated salinity and temperature associated with climate change threaten the survival and conservation of desert spring amphipods	13
Spatial management measures benefit the critically endangered flapper skate, Dipturus intermedius	13
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	13
Integrating Direct Experimental Fishing and Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Assess Fish Biodiversity in the Cibareno River, Indonesia, to Support Fishway Design	12
First assessment of passive acoustics as a tool to monitor the endangered Mediterranean monk seal in the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal)	12
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Abundance of five sympatric stream dwelling mussels varies with physical habitat	12
The distribution and habitat characterization of the East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri) in coastal waters off Qingdao, China: Implications for managem	12
Developing artificial nest boxes for a large aquatic mammal	12
Habitat Selection and Negative Effect of River Regulation on the Abundance of the Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), a Riparian Shorebird	12
A direct multiplex loop‐mediated isothermal amplification method to detect three CITES‐listed shark species	12
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Genetic population structure of the critically endangered stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) in the Black Sea basin: Implications for conservation	11
Designing, implementing and monitoring the translocation of a highly threatened freshwater fish	11
Population connectivity across east Australia's bioregions and larval duration of the range‐extending sea starMeridiastra calcar	11
Trophic history of Hawaiian green turtles as revealed by stable isotope ratios (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S) in the bones of museum specimens	11
Environmental variables influencing occurrence and distribution ofDelphinus delphisin the eastern Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean Sea)	11
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First estimate of distribution, abundance, and risk of encounter with aquaculture vessels for the rare Chilean dolphin in the entire Northern Chilean Patagonia	10
Freshwater conservation: Lost in limnology?	10
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	10
Reserve effect of a small North‐East Atlantic marine protected area (Arrábida, Portugal) on soft‐sediment fish species	10
Artificial aquatic habitats impoverish amphibian diversity in agricultural landscapes of central Argentina	10
Evaluating the potential white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) swim pattern manipulation capabilities of the novel and noninvasive Shark Exclusion Barrier	10
Fish morphological and parasitological traits as ecological indicators of habitat quality in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon	10
Kinship assessment and insights into reproductive behaviour of the Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron in Western Australia	10
Responses of native freshwater mussels to remediation to remove polychlorinated biphenyl‐contaminated sediments in the upper Hudson River	10
Communicating complex marine science: Does media format matter?	10
The social behaviour of the common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) in the coastal waters of Lampedusa Island (Strait of Sicily, Italy)	10
Evaluating the effects of a SharkSafe Barrier™ shoreline deployment on bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) behaviour	10
Intensive temporal and spatial sampling of polychaete biodiversity reveals significant implications for impact assessment and marine park design	9
Recent Occurrence of the Critically Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish Pristis pectinata in Tamaulipas, Mexico	9
Intertidal Soundscapes of Hardened and Living Shorelines: A Case Study of Habitat Enhancement	9
Does the Ice Age legacy end in Central Europe? The shrinking distributions of glacial relict crustaceans in Lithuania	9
Interdisciplinary science and fishers’ local ecological knowledge of sawfishes in the Yucatán Peninsula	9

Conservation evaluation of three Nigerian streams in different vegetation zones demonstrates why pristine freshwater ecosystems in the Afrotropics should be protected	9
The role of adaptive resistance in a widespread freshwater mussel species	9
Recovering or Still Depleted? Updated Population Assessment of Tappanaga, a Northern Local Population of Short‐Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the Coast o	9
Inferring the demographic history of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) from genomic data: Insights for conservation and fisheries management	9
The first closed fishing area and season for oceanic squids in the high seas	9
Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) restocking experiment in an urban turbid reef environment	9
Modelling and predicting freshwater mussel distributions in the Midwestern USA	9
Distribution and diversity of elasmobranchs in the Sea of Marmara: A 2023 status report	9
Commercial fishery bycatch risk for large juvenile and adult smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in Florida waters	9
Slippery customers for conservation: Distribution and decline of anguillid eels in South Africa	9
Biodiversity on sale: The shark meat market threatens elasmobranchs in Brazil	9
What is the ecological footprint of aquaculture after 5 decades of competition between mangrove conservation and shrimp farm development?	9
Evidence of hybridization between Yaqui catfish Ictalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896) and channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) in north‐west México reve	8
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	8
Filling global gaps in monitoring data with local knowledge	8
Effects of multiple stressors on recruitment of long‐lived endangered freshwater mussels	8
Experimental quantification of multiple point‐source pollution effects on juvenile freshwater mussels in a stream exposure gradient	8
High Vulnerability of Rhodolith Bed Frameworks and Underlying Sediment to Ongoing Ocean Climate Change	8
Pond basin colonization by terrestrial vegetation indicates wetland deterioration	8
Assessing Potential Spawning and Nursery Habitat Availability in the River Rhine for the Critically Endangered European Sturgeon	8
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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	7
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Rhodolith Beds Along the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: From Shallow to Mesophotic Habitats. Review of a Singular Ecosystem	7
Elasmobranch fishing and trade in Sarawak, Malaysia, with implications for management	7
Distribution and establishment of the alien Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in the Zambezi Basin	7
Post‐Translocation Movements of a Freshwater Turtle Include Homing Behaviour	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
Small no‐take areas benefit hard corals more than regulation through fishing permits	7
Dynamics of juvenile salmon and forage fishes in nearshore kelp forests	7
Comparison of spatial distribution models to predict subtidal burying habitat of the forage fish Ammodytes personatus in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada	7
Nowhere to hide: Sea turtle bycatch in Northwest Africa	7
Unfoldings of Environmental Racism: Are They Reaching Rhodolith Beds and Related Sociobiodiversities?	7
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Averting co‐extinction: Successful mussel translocation rescues an endangered population of the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus	7
Evaluating UAV‐based multispectral imagery for mapping an intertidal seagrass environment	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
Shifts in the size and distribution of marine trophy fishing world records	7
Implementation of seed collection programs for the recovery of Argopecten purpuratus populations in the La Rinconada marine reserve (Antofagasta, Chile)	7
Invertebrate diversity associated with a shallow rhodolith bed in the Mediterranean Sea (Mar Piccolo of Taranto, south‐east Italy)	7
Stable Isotope Analysis:A Tool for Certifying Captive or Wild caiman Leather Origin	7
Human Impacts and Larger Geographic Area Explain the Highest Number of Non‐Native Species of Freshwater Fishes Into Brazilian Protected Area	7
Diving into archival data: The hidden decline of the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) in Queensland, Australia	7
Effects of temporal hydrologic shifts on the population biology of an endangered freshwater fish in a dryland river ecosystem	7
If These Walls Could Talk: Investigating Bottlenose Dolphin Occupancy and Range in Fiord Ecosystems Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring and Visual Surveys	6
Historical abundance and distributions of Salpa thompsoni hot spots in the Southern Ocean and projections for further ocean warming	6
Predicting summer fin whale distribution in the Pelagos Sanctuary (north‐western Mediterranean Sea) to identify dynamic whale–vessel collision risk areas	6
Trophic niche overlap between native freshwater mussels (Order: Unionida) and the invasive Corbicula fluminea	6
Basking shark tourism in Donegal, Ireland – a case‐study of public interest and support for shark conservation	6
Setting the stones to restore and monitor European flat oyster reefs in the German North Sea	6
Invasion Dynamics of the Alien Amphibian Xenopus laevis in France: Perspectives for Management	6
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A feasibility study for the application of climate change vulnerability assessments on species in the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area	6
Natural shorelines support greater diversity and abundances of fishes than armoured shores along Chicago's waterways	6
Worsening Drought and the Bleak Future for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the Amazon Basin	6
A Common Terminology to Unify Research and Conservation of Coralline Algae and the Habitats They Create	6
Detecting Environmental DNA From Crested and Smooth Newts—Not as Straight Forward as Filtering a Drop of Water	6
Protection gaps in Amazon floodplains will increase with climate change: Insight from the world's largest scaled freshwater fish	6
Did zebra mussel fill the type habitat of a worldwide‐rare freshwater brown macroalga?	6
Harbour Porpoise Bycatch: Determining Spatial Distribution of Risk to Inform Management Measures	6
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Independent statistical validation of the New Zealand Seafloor Community Classification	6
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Captive breeding of European freshwater mussels as a conservation tool: A review	6
Phthalate Exposure Influences Mating Behaviour and Sperm Morphology in an Aquatic Ecotoxicology Model System	6
Investigating Genetic Diversity in Hatchery‐Produced Dentex dentex and Sciaena umbra for Restocking in Corsican Waters	6
Community‐based citizen science projects can support the distributional monitoring of fishes	6
Faecal Pellets of the Endangered Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) as an Allochthonous Resource for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Forest Stream in Amami‐Oshima Island, Japan	6
A 21‐year recovery trend in green turtle nesting activity: 2002–2022	6
Catchment‐scale distribution, abundance, habitat use, and movements of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in a small UK river: Implications for conservation management	6
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A conservation genetics perspective on supportive breeding: A case study of the common nase (Chondrostoma nasus)	6
Drivers of biodiversity loss in freshwater environments: A bibliometric analysis of the recent literature	6
Determinants of range sizes pinpoint vulnerability of groundwater species to climate change: A case study on subterranean amphipods from the Dinarides	6
Assessing the conservation status of mangroves in Rakhine, Myanmar	5
Patterns in Plant Species Diversity and Composition of a Restored Nature‐Based Solutions Floodplain	5

Air‐breathing ecology ofArapaimasp.: Conservation implications for an imperilled fish	5
Harnessing Community Science for Seahorse Population Monitoring: Insights From the iSeahorse Programme in Tampa Bay	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
Habitat characterization, anthropogenic impacts and conservation of rhodolith beds off southeastern Malta	5
Growth and longevity of the endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for conservation and management	5
Earthquake impacts on a protected pinniped in New Zealand	5
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Towards a local mass mortality of the Mediterranean orange coral Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766) in the Pelagie Islands Marine Protected Area (Italy)	5
Taxonomic diversity and distribution of the genus Proterorhinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot with conservation implications	5
New Data on the Distribution of Sperm Whales in the Western Mediterranean Highlights Insufficiency of Currently Proposed Protection Measures	5
Survey of freshwater mussels using high‐resolution acoustic imaging sonar and deep learning‐based object detection in Lake Izunuma, Japan	5
Genetic Divergence in the Natural Regeneration of Black Poplar Along the Vistula River in Poland	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
Prevalence and severity of sublethal injuries in crown‐of‐thorns starfish relative to marine reserves in the Great Barrier Reef	5
Assessing the Efficiency of the Marine Protected Area Systems in the Southeastern Pacific	5
How effective are marine parks in protecting their coral reef ecosystem? A study case in the Mexican Caribbean	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
Variable breeding success and its implication in the conservation of endangered yellow‐eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) at the New Zealand subantarctic Auckland Islands	5
An ecological resilience index to improve conservation action for stream fish habitat	5
Artisanal fishing affects the local distribution of broad‐snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) within the Atlantic Forest of Brazil	5
Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) in Bardiya National Park, Nepal: Population, habitat and threats	5
Spatial and temporal dynamics of a Nassau grouper fish spawning aggregation located on an isolated seamount in Puerto Rico	5
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Environmental DNA revealed high accuracy in detection of the Eurasian otter in Himalaya	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
Behaviours of Sea Turtles in Shipwrecks in Northeast Brazil	5
Development of an Environmental and Faecal DNA Tool for Monitoring the Spatial Distribution and Fish Predation on the Mountain Amphibian Calotriton asper	5
Good new(t)s: Rapid recolonization of a restored fish‐invaded habitat by two newt species in southern Italy	5
Small‐Scale Recovery of a Native White‐Spotted Charr Population by Suppression of Non‐Native Brown Trout	5
Porpoises, by‐catch and the ‘pinger’ conundrum	5
An environmental DNA approach to informing restoration of the functionally extinct oyster, Ostrea angasi	5
The effect of planting grass filter strips on fishes in agricultural headwater streams	5
Factors influencing the at‐haulback mortality of striped marlin Tetrapturus audax caught by tuna longline fishery in the western Indian Ocean	5
Long‐term (29‐year) spatiotemporal patterns of sea turtle deaths in the southern Gulf of Mexico	5
Assessing large‐scale movement of an endangered fish: Dispersal of stocked age‐0 pallid sturgeon in the lower Missouri River	5
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Assessing the potential for restoring freshwater mussels to urban streams	5
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Science for conserving Amazon freshwater ecosystems	5
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Involving local people in the conservation of the critically endangered freshwater turtle Dermatemys mawii in southern Mexico	4
Modelling the effects of variation in growth, recruitment, and harvest on lake sturgeon population viability and recovery	4
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An isolated population of Austrolebias charrua (Rivulidae, Cyprinodontiformes) detected in a fragile ecosystem (Maldonado, Uruguay)	4
Fine‐scale social and genetic structure of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana, USA	4
A creeping threat? Introduced Macquarie turtles and the future of endangered helmeted turtles in southern Australia	4
Age and growth of the Critically Endangered flapper skate, Dipturus intermedius	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
Aquarium setup for the long‐term housing of Pseudanodonta complanata (Bivalvia: Unionidae) towards captive breeding success	4
Bryde's whales in the North‐East Atlantic: New insights on site fidelity and connectivity between oceanic archipelagos	4
Another potential disaster? On a proposal to introduce Nile perch, Lates niloticus, into Lake Kariba (Zambia/Zimbabwe)	4
Ex situ growing out of early stages of wild seahorses: Envisioning conservation options for threatened populations	4
Assessment of the genetic diversity of Chinese freshwater mussels and refuge areas in the Yangtze River floodplain	4
Assessing the effects of coral reef habitat and marine protected areas on threatened megafauna using aerial surveys	4
Effects of Sedimentation on the Photobiology of Mesophotic Rhodoliths From the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean	4
Social, spatial and isotopic niche partitioning identify an estuarine community of bottlenose dolphins as a discrete management unit	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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An Update on the Conservation Status Assessment of two Endangered Freshwater Mussel Species in Bavaria, Germany	4
Newly Described Rhodolith Bed Complex Associated With Shallow Coral Reefs of Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands	4
Factors associated with distributions of six fishes of greatest conservation need in streams in midwestern USA	4
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A hydrologic and land cover‐based habitat model for use in bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) conservation	4
Biogeography, ecology, and conservation of mayfly communities of relict mountain streams, north‐eastern Algeria	4
Recent cetacean taxonomic changes and conservation action	4
Habitat protection planning for Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in deteriorating environments: Knowledge gaps and recommendations for action	4
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Ecological risk assessment of elasmobranchs caught in the Gulf of Papua prawn fishery	4
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Using ecological trajectories to track long‐term taxonomic and functional changes in benthic shallow soft‐bottom communities (Bay of Saint‐Brieuc, English Channel)	4
Sea bed disturbance increases flat oyster recruitment for low to moderate stock densities	4
A new genus and two new, rare freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) species endemic to Borneo are threatened by ongoing habitat destruction	4
Multi‐disciplinary surveys reveal a small subpopulation of Hector's dolphins is frequently exposed to the risk of bycatch	4
An environmental DNA assay for the detection of Critically Endangered angel sharks (Squatina spp.)	4
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Identifying Hydrilla verticillata in Real Time With a Machine Learning–Based Underwater Object Detection Program	4
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Exploring the elusive deep‐sea sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo) in the Adriatic Sea: Novel records, health assessments and conservation implications	4
Conserving Freshwater Ecosystems in India: A call to action	4
An interrupted time series approach to assess Marine Protected Area impacts on recreational fishing licence sales	4
Population genetic structure of the endemic fish Gambusia marshi from the Cuatro Ciénegas basin and its outflow in Coahuila, Mexico	4
‘A human values issue’: Actors, arguments, and regulatory change in the Florida land‐based shark fishery	4
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Short note: An assessment of the status of sawfishes and of guitarfish landings in artisanal fisheries in Ghana	4
Drivers of the Distributions of Stream‐Dwelling Crayfishes in the New River Catchment, United States	3
Effects of Habitat Structure and Environmental Factors on Fish Fauna in Temperate River Estuaries	3
Baseline assessment of the coastal elasmobranch fauna of Eastern Cabo Verde, West Africa	3
From Nets to Knowledge—Fishers Unveil Threatened Guitarfish Catch Drivers and Fishing Grounds	3
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Call to Action for Conservation of the Critically Endangered Ganges Shark (Glyphis gangeticus)	3
Distribution, tolerance, growth, behaviour and control methods of Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae): A review	3
Reducing Cetacean Interactions With Bottom Set‐Nets and Purse Seining Using Acoustic Deterrent Devices in Southern Iberia	3
Understanding the Population Dynamics of Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Golfo Nuevo, Patagonia, Through Long‐Term Monitoring	3
Faunal Composition of the Sumisu Caldera Hydrothermal Vent Field as a Key Baseline for Conservation in Light of Deep‐Sea Mining	3