27 November 2024

The evolution of resource management in Taiwanese fisheries: coastal and offshore perspectives

"The study reveals changes in Taiwan's fisheries with a long-term dataset. It fills important gaps for the region in the sustainable use of fish stocks."

Sercan Yapıcı, Handling Editor

27 November 2024

Effects of plastic ingestion on blood chemistry, gene expression and body condition in wedge-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica)

"New approaches to explore impacts of plastic ingestion in highly impacted species. Important for bird conservation"

Patricia Gandini, Section Editor

31 October 2024

Prioritising non-native fish species for management actions in three Polish rivers using the newly developed tool—dispersal-origin-status-impact scheme

"The article touches on some important methodological aspects."

Dirk Steinke, Handling Editor

24 October 2024

Is it worth the extra mile? Comparing environmental DNA and RNA metabarcoding for vertebrate and invertebrate biodiversity surveys in a lowland stream

Sercan Yapıcı, Handling Editor

24 October 2024

Ceciamaralia, a new genus of Dorvilleidae (Annelida) from deep waters of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean and an insight into its relationship within the family

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Christopher Glasby, Handling Editor

14 October 2024

Effect of environmental DNA sampling resolution in detecting nearshore fish biodiversity compared to capture surveys

"The paper provides a field validation of eDNA assessment in comparison with classical biodiversity assessment. Such studies are urgently needed but still rare."

Jörg Oehlmann, Handling Editor

24 September 2024

Relationships between crayfish population genetic diversity, species richness, and abundance within impounded and unimpounded streams in Alabama, USA

"The article provides important insights into the effects on the biodiversity of species that are the focus of nature conservation in fragmented river habitats. The results are relevant not only from a basic science perspective, but also for practitioners responsible for the management of distrubed environments."

Jörg Oehlmann, Handling Editor

20 August 2024

Simplifying the Centrolene buckleyi complex (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae): a taxonomic review and description of two new species

"This is a detailed taxonomic paper describing two Glassfrog species previously confounded with Centrolene buckleyi from Equador using multiple lines of evidence to support their claim"

Diogo Provete, Handling Editor

24 July 2024

Applicability and perspectives for DNA barcoding of soil invertebrates

"A solid study of the difficulties in applying COI-based DNA barcoding to understudied and hyperdiverse taxa."

Andrew Mitchell, Handling Editor

15 July 2024

Genetic variability and population structure of two sympatric cownose rays Rhinoptera (Myliobatiformes, Rhinopteridae) in the Western Atlantic Ocean

"The article considering the level of the current knowledge related to these two species which also falls under the category of threatened species. Also, the manuscript is suitable for publication because it highlights the importance of genetic studies in informing conservation efforts and sustainable management practices of cartilaginous fishes."

Servet Doğdu, Handling Editor