Dead Shrimp Blues: A Global Assessment of Extinction Risk in Freshwater Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) | Zendy

Sammy De Grave | Zendy; Kevin G. Smith | Zendy; Nils A. Adeler | Zendy; Dave J. Allen | Zendy; Fernando Álvarez | Zendy; Arthur Anker | Zendy; Yixiong Cai | Zendy; Savrina F. Carrizo | Zendy; Werner Klotz | Zendy; Fernando Luís Medina Mantelatto | Zendy; Timothy J. Page | Zendy; Jhy-Yun Shy | Zendy; José Luis Villalobos | Zendy; Daisy Wowor | Zendy

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Dead Shrimp Blues: A Global Assessment of Extinction Risk in Freshwater Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)

Author(s) -

Sammy De Grave,

Kevin G. Smith,

Nils A. Adeler,

Dave J. Allen,

Fernando Álvarez,

Arthur Anker,

Yixiong Cai,

Savrina F. Carrizo,

Werner Klotz,

Fernando Luís Medina Mantelatto,

Timothy J. Page,

Jhy-Yun Shy,

José Luis Villalobos,

Daisy Wowor

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

plos one

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99

H-Index - 332

ISSN - 1932-6203

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0120198

Subject(s) - threatened species , caridea , iucn red list , near threatened species , ecology , biology , decapoda , fishery , invertebrate , freshwater shrimp , conservation dependent species , shrimp , endangered species , critically endangered , extinction (optical mineralogy) , habitat , crustacean , paleontology

We present the first global assessment of extinction risk for a major group of freshwater invertebrates, caridean shrimps. The risk of extinction for all 763 species was assessed using the IUCN Red List criteria that include geographic ranges, habitats, ecology and past and present threats. The Indo-Malayan region holds over half of global species diversity, with a peak in Indo-China and southern China. Shrimps primarily inhabit flowing water; however, a significant subterranean component is present, which is more threatened than the surface fauna. Two species are extinct with a further 10 possibly extinct, and almost one third of species are either threatened or Near Threatened (NT). Threats to freshwater shrimps include agricultural and urban pollution impact over two-thirds of threatened and NT species. Invasive species and climate change have the greatest overall impact of all threats (based on combined timing, scope and severity of threats).

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