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Regulating trade may hold key to stopping spread of deadly amphibian disease
The latest on the killer fungal disease that is wiping out amphibian populations the world over points to human trade as the biggest factor in the spread of the disease. It’s been called “the worst...
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Water security challenges: the gap between science and policy
About 80% of the world’s population faces water insecurity or risks relating to loss of freshwater biodiversity. Water security is an issue of growing concern, but at present academic research often...
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Mismatch between protected areas and freshwater biodiversity
BioFresh’s latest policy brief explains that freshwater species appear to provide the best surrogates for conservation planning. Yet regions of high freshwater biodiversity, threats, and dependence on...
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Drugs used for anxiety making fish angry
Drugs used for anxiety in humans have been making freshwater fish more aggressive. But this is only the latest in a growing list of common drugs that are affecting our freshwater ecosystems. Photo:...
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New species of fish discovered in India
At team of Indian freshwater scientists have found a new species of freshwater fish in one of the most biodiverse regions of the world. Newly discovered species of Stone Loach – Balitora jalpalli The...
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Special issue of Hydrobiologia makes the case for unique...
Mediterranean-climate streams and rivers are ecologically unique, getting their distinctiveness from the double risk of both flood and drought. According to BioFresh partners Núria Bonada and Vincent...
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When is a river not a river? Challenges for managing temporary waterways
Dry river bed near Mt. Seoraksan in Korea. Image: Wikimedia Not all rivers and streams plot a constant course towards the sea. Some naturally dry up when there is little rain, leaving behind a dry...
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Nutrient pollution can harm stream ecosystems in previous unknown ways
A North Carolina forest stream. Image: Jenn Deane | Flickr Creative Commons It has long been known that nutrient pollution – the overloading of chemicals such as nitrogen and phosphates from sources...
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The state of scientific knowledge on aquatic multiple stressors
MARS scientists studying multiple stressors in Lake Beyeshir, Turkey. Image: METU Limnology Laboratory The interactions and impacts of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems is one of the key...
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Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong basins
Inga Dam on the Congo River. Image: International Rivers | Flickr | Creative Commons A boom in construction of major hydroelectric dam projects on the Amazon, Congo and Mekong rivers increasingly...
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