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 |  | AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE The Aquatic Biodiversity International Conference aims to discuss recent advances in aquatic biodiversity including assessment, monitoring, conservat...
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|  | Invasive species threaten salmon in Pacific Northwest Invasive species may be more of a threat to native fish populations than all other pressures combined according to a study published in this month’s ...
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| | More than two hundred plant species found in semi-arid rivers in sout...stern Spain The semi-arid streams of southern Europe are generally perceived as having minimal ecological value due to low flow and little vegetation. However, a...
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| | Cichlid vision change helped species diverge A study published in Nature this month suggests that Cichlid fish in Africa’s Lake Victoria may have separated into new species by adapting their vis...
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| | Progress towards halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 The European Environment Agency published this report, assessing farmland, forests, freshwater
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|  | UK National Biodiversity Network - NBN The NBN is a national project that is building the UK's first network of biodiversity information.The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) is a new an...
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| | Africa's lakes feel the strain In 1972 astronauts on Apollo 17 took an image of Earth: the "Blue Marble". Whilst the commander of the mission joked that he was able to confirm that...
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| | Training in aquatic plant identification for riverine plant surveyors The aim of the course is to provide participants with an understanding of the basic requirements for identification of riverine bryophytes, macro-alg...
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|  | First Contact in the Greater Mekong This report details new species found in the Greater Mekong, a region comprising Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietn...
Report: Research report |
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| | Ireland risking EU fine for not taking care of wildlife The Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned that the country runs the risk of being fined by the European Union for failing to protect...
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| | Nearly half North American freshwater fish in danger of extinction Around 40% of freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction in North America. Whilst declining populations of marine species have received w...
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| | Experts poised for rare frog hunt A team from Manchester University and Chester Zoo this month began a hunt in Costa Rica for some of the world’s rarest amphibians including the golde...
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| | Migratory waterbird populations in decline A study by Wetlands International has shown a sharp drop in migratory waterbirds along the main migration routes in Africa and Eurasia. The study ide...
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| | Tiny invasive snail impacts Great Lakes Already found in four of the five great lakes, the New Zealand mud snail is spreading into surrounding rivers. This has the potential to severely imp...
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| | Hybrid 'muttsucker' has genes of three species This month’s edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science details the potential impact of an introduced fish on "the evolutionary bi...
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|  | ARKive It is the Noah's Ark for the Internet era - the world's centralised digital library of films, photographs and associated recordings of species, ac...
Online Database; Internet Portal |
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| | Biodiversity: Science and Governance From the 24th to the 26th of January 2005 over 1000 scientists from around the world met at a conference convened by UNESCO to discuss the ongoing e...
Proceedings: Conference |
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| | Living Planet Report 2004 The freshwater section in this report comments on the decline in biodiversity.
Report: Project report |
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| | WWF Living Planet Report 2006 The living planet report began in 1998 to show the state of the planet and the impacts humans are having on it.
Report: Research report |
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|  | A Coded Checklist of Animals Occurring in Fresh Water in the British Isles The purpose of this Coded List is to help those researchers wanting to collect and store information on freshwater invertebrates in the British Isles...
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