Human welfare depends on the health of nature. Decades of ill-conceived management
practices caused a decline in the quality of human life, as well as in biological and cultural …

Sediment contamination remains a global problem, particularly in transitional waters such as
estuaries and coastal lagoons, which are the recipients of chemicals from multiple near-and …

While many studies have considered the ability of eDNA to assess animal communities in
lacustrine settings, fewer have considered riverine systems, particularly those spanning the …

Microbial communities associated with the gut and the skin are strongly influenced by
environmental factors, and can rapidly adapt to change. Historical processes may also affect …

Resolving stock structure is crucial for fisheries conservation to ensure that the spatial
implementation of management is commensurate with that of biological population units. To …

Local extirpations of Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. and steelhead O. mykiss, often due
to dams and other stream barriers, are common throughout the western United States …

Land–sea ecological connectivity refers to the interaction (convenience or hindrance) of
certain physical, chemical and biological processes between terrestrial and marine …

While the stocking of captive‐bred fish has been occurring for decades and has had
substantial immediate genetic and evolutionary impacts on wild populations, its long‐term …

Background Treated effluents from wastewater treatment works can comprise a large
proportion of the flow of rivers in the developed world. Exposure to these effluents, or the …

Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) Bloch, 1792 are globally critically endangered and
an important fishery species in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas (hereafter The …