Australia's coastal marine ecosystems have a deep cultural significance to Indigenous
Australians, include multiple World Heritage sites, and support the nation's rapidly growing …

Highlights•Human disturbances are driving the current biodiversity crisis.•Fundamental
biodiversity challenges include biodiversity discovery, loss, and preservation.•The omics …

Abstract Background The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima is a Laminariales species widely
distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Its physiology and ecology have been studied since …

Mussels of order Unionida are a group of strictly freshwater bivalves with nearly 1,000
described species widely dispersed across world freshwater ecosystems. They are highly …

South Africa has taken an iterative approach to marine ecosystem mapping over 18 years
that has provided a valuable foundation for ecosystem assessment, planning and decision …

Genome sequencing becomes more accessible and powerful every year, but there is a lack
of consensus on what information should be provided in publications that include genomic …

Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida are a global conservation concern. Species of this
group are strictly freshwater, sessile, slow-growing animals and, extremely sensitive to …

Cephalopods are harvested in increasingly large quantities but understanding how to
control and manage their stocks, and tracking the routes of the consumption that exploits …

Contiguous assemblies are fundamental to deciphering the composition of extant genomes.
In molluscs, this is considerably challenging owing to the large size of their genomes …

Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List identifies
threatened and endangered species and is a key instrument in global biodiversity …