29 January 2025

Leveraging machine learning to uncover multi-pathogen infection dynamics across co-distributed frog families

"Scope, scale, and analytical approach are all impressive"

Daniel Hughes, Handling Editor

9 January 2025

Habitat sharing and interspecies interactions in caves used by bats in the Republic of Congo

"Bats are known reservoirs hosts for many zoonotic pathogens of public health importance, however they are not the only ones implicated in the disease transmission network. Better understanding of the ecology and behavior of bats and their complex ecosystem is fundamental to be able to predict and prevent emergence of new pathogens. This papers offers important data on the richness and complexity of the species interactions around and within bat caves in the Republic of Congo and can help gain new perspectives on spillover dynamics."

Carla Mavian, Handling Editor

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