TY  - JOUR
A1  - van Rees, Charles B.
A1  - Waylen, Kerry A.
A1  - Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid
A1  - Thackeray, Stephen J.
A1  - Kalinkat, Gregor
A1  - Martens, Koen
A1  - Domisch, Sami
A1  - Lillebo, Ana
A1  - Hermoso, Virgilio
A1  - Grossart, Hans-Peter
A1  - Schinegger, Rafaela
A1  - Decleer, Kris
A1  - Adriaens, Tim
A1  - Denys, Luc
A1  - Jaric, Ivan
A1  - Janse, Jan H.
A1  - Monaghan, Michael T.
A1  - De Wever, Aaike
A1  - Geijzendorffer, Ilse
A1  - Adamescu, Mihai C.
A1  - Jähnig, Sonja C.
T1  - Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020
BT  - recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience
JF  - Conservation letters
N2  - Plans are currently being drafted for the next decade of action on biodiversity-both the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Biodiversity Strategy of the European Union (EU). Freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately threatened and underprioritized relative to the marine and terrestrial biota, despite supporting a richness of species and ecosystems with their own intrinsic value and providing multiple essential ecosystem services. Future policies and strategies must have a greater focus on the unique ecology of freshwater life and its multiple threats, and now is a critical time to reflect on how this may be achieved. We identify priority topics including environmental flows, water quality, invasive species, integrated water resources management, strategic conservation planning, and emerging technologies for freshwater ecosystem monitoring. We synthesize these topics with decades of first-hand experience and recent literature into 14 special recommendations for global freshwater biodiversity conservation based on the successes and setbacks of European policy, management, and research. Applying and following these recommendations will inform and enhance the ability of global and European post-2020 biodiversity agreements to halt and reverse the rapid global decline of freshwater biodiversity.
KW  - climate change
KW  - conservation
KW  - ecosystem services
KW  - rivers
KW  - sustainable
KW  - development goals
KW  - water resources
KW  - wetlands
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12771
SN  - 1755-263X
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hixson, Stefanie M.
A1  - Sharma, Bhanu
A1  - Kainz, Martin J.
A1  - Wacker, Alexander
A1  - Arts, Michael T.
T1  - Production, distribution, and abundance of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: a fundamental dichotomy between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems
JF  - Environmental reviews = Dossiers environnement
N2  - Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) are critical for the health of aquatic and terrestrial organisms; therefore, understanding the production, distribution, and abundance of these compounds is imperative. Although the dynamics of LC-PUFA production and distribution in aquatic environments has been well documented, a systematic and comprehensive comparison to LC-PUFA in terrestrial environments has not been rigorously investigated. Here we use a data synthesis approach to compare and contrast fatty acid profiles of 369 aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Habitat and trophic level were interacting factors that determined the proportion of individual omega-3 (n-3) or omega-6 (n-6) PUFA in aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Higher total n-3 content compared with n-6 PUFA and a strong prevalence of the n-3 PUFA eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) characterized aquatic versus terrestrial organisms. Conversely, terrestrial organisms had higher linoleic acid (LNA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) contents than aquatic organisms; however, the ratio of ALA: LNA was higher in aquatic organisms. The EPA + DHA content was higher in aquatic animals than terrestrial organisms, and increased from algae to invertebrates to vertebrates in the aquatic environment. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that fatty acid composition was highly dependent on the interaction between habitat and trophic level. We conclude that freshwater ecosystems provide an essential service through the production of n-3 LC-PUFA that are required to maintain the health of terrestrial organisms including humans.
KW  - aquatic ecosystems
KW  - conservation
KW  - eicosapentaenoic acid
KW  - docosahexaenoic acid
KW  - food webs
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2015-0029
SN  - 1208-6053
SN  - 1181-8700
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SP  - 414
EP  - 424
PB  - NRC Research Press
CY  - Ottawa
ER  -