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Decapoda: Astacidea) Edith Cowan University Research Online ECU Publications Post 2013 2015 Multiple Drivers of Decline In The Global Status Of Freshwater Crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea) Nadia I. Richman Monika Bohm Susan Adams Fernando Alvarez Elizabeth A. Bergey See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013 Part of the Biodiversity Commons 10.1098/rstb.2014.0060 Richman, N. I., Böhm, M., Adams, S. B., Alvarez, F., Bergey, E. A., Bunn, J. J. S., . Collen, B. (2015). Multiple drivers of decline in the global status of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea) (Vol. 370). Available here This Journal Article is posted at Research Online. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/594 Authors Nadia I. Richman, Monika Bohm, Susan Adams, Fernando Alvarez, Elizabeth A. Bergey, John J.S. Bunn, Quinton Burnham, Jay Cordeiro, Jason Coughran, Keith A. Crandall, Kathryn L. Dawkins, Robert J. DiStefano, Niall E. Doran, Lennart Edsman, Arnold G. Eversole, Leopold Fureder, James M. Furse, Francessa Gherardi, Premek Hamr, David M. Holdich, Pierre Horwitz, Kerrylyn Johnston, Clive M. Jones, Julia P.G. Jones, Robert L. Jones, Thomas G. Jones, Tadashi Kawai, Susan Lawler, Marilu Lopez-Mejia, Rebecca M. Miller, Carlos Pedraza-Lara, Julian D. Reynolds, Alastair M.M. Richardson, Mark B. Schiltz, Guenter A. Schuster, Peter J. Sibley, Catherine Souty-Grosset, Christopher A. Taylor, Roger F. Thoma, Jerry Walls, Todd S. Walsh, and Ben Collen This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/594 Downloaded from http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/ on September 12, 2017 Multiple drivers of decline in the global status of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org Astacidea) Nadia I. Richman1,2, Monika Bo¨hm1, Susan B. Adams3, Fernando Alvarez4, 5 6 6 7 Research Elizabeth A. Bergey , John J. S. Bunn , Quinton Burnham , Jay Cordeiro , Jason Coughran6,8, Keith A. Crandall9,10, Kathryn L. Dawkins11, Robert Cite this article: Richman NI et al. 2015 J. DiStefano12, Niall E. Doran13, Lennart Edsman14, Arnold G. Eversole15, Multiple drivers of decline in the global status Leopold Fu¨reder16, James M. Furse17, Francesca Gherardi18,†, Premek Hamr19, of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea). 20 6 21,22 23 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 370: 20140060. David M. Holdich , Pierre Horwitz , Kerrylyn Johnston , Clive M. Jones , http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0060 Julia P. G. Jones2, Robert L. Jones24, Thomas G. Jones25, Tadashi Kawai26, Susan Lawler27, Marilu Lo´pez-Mejı´a28, Rebecca M. Miller29, Carlos Pedraza- One contribution of 17 to a discussion meeting Lara30, Julian D. Reynolds31, Alastair M. M. Richardson32, Mark B. Schultz33, issue ‘Phylogeny, extinction and conservation’. Guenter A. Schuster34, Peter J. Sibley35, Catherine Souty-Grosset36, Christopher Subject Areas: A. Taylor37, Roger F. Thoma38, Jerry Walls39, Todd S. Walsh40 and Ben Collen41 ecology, evolution 1Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK 2School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK Keywords: 3USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, 1000 Front St., extinction risk, crayfish, IUCN Red List, Oxford, MS 38655-4915, USA 4Coleccio´n Nacional de Crusta´ceos, Instituto de Biologı´a, Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Me´xico, threatened, freshwater biodiversity Apartado Postal 70-153, Me´xico 04510 DF, Me´xico 5Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA 6 Author for correspondence: School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia Nadia I. Richman 7Northeast Natural History and Supply, 24 North Grove St., Middleboro, MA 02346, USA e-mail: [email protected] 8Jagabar Environmental, PO Box 634, Duncraig, Western Australia 6023, Australia 9Computational Biology Institute, George Washington University, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA 10Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA 11Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland 4222, Australia 12Missouri Department of Conservation, 3500 East Gans Road, Columbia, MO 65201, USA 13Bookend Trust and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, PO Box 310, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006, Australia 14Institute of Freshwater Research, Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 178 93 Drottningholm, Sweden 15School of Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 16River Ecology and Conservation, Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria 17Griffith School of Environment and the Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland 4222, Australia 18Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita` degli Studi di Firenze, via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy 19Upper Canada College, 200 Lonsdale Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 1W6 20Crayfish Survey and Research, Peak Ecology Limited, Arden House, Deepdale Business Park, Bakewell, †We dedicate this paper to Francesca, our Derbyshire DE45 1GT, UK 21Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South St., Murdoch, co-author and friend, who sadly passed away Western Australia 6150, Australia in February 2013. She was an outstanding 22Marine and Freshwater Research Laboratory, Murdoch University, 90 South St., Murdoch, scientist and made a significant contribution to Western Australia 6150, Australia 23James Cook University, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia the field of invasive species biology. She is 24Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, dearly missed. Jackson, MS 39202-1353, USA & 2015 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. 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San Gervasio, Cozumel 77600, Q. Roo, Me´xico species [3], there is growing evidence that freshwater taxa 29International Union for Conservation of Nature, Global Ecosystem Management (i.e. crabs, dragonflies, fish and molluscs) are at greater risk of Programme, 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK extinction than terrestrial vertebrates (i.e. mammals, reptiles 30Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Me´xico, Facultad de Medicina, Circuito Interior, or birds) [3–9]. Given the disproportionately high biodiversity Ciudad Universitaria, Av. Universidad 3000, CP 04510. Universidad Nacional Auto´noma harboured in freshwater ecosystems, knowledge on the distri- de Me´xico, Instituto de Biologı´a, tercer circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoaca´n, bution and conservation status of freshwater species will be Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B Me´xico DF CP 04510, Me´xico essential for monitoring targets set by the Convention on Bio- 31 Trinity College Dublin, 115 Weirview Drive, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Ireland logical Diversity [3]. For example, Target 6 aims to ensure that 32 School of Biology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, ‘all fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed Australia and harvested sustainably by 2020’, Target 11 is to conserve 33Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, 17% of inland water by 2020 and Target 12 requires that by 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, 3010 Victoria, Australia 370 34305 Boone Way, Richmond, KY 40475, USA 2020 ‘the extinction of known threatened species has been pre- 35Environment Agency, Wessex Area, Rivers House, East Quay, Bridgwater TA6 4YS, UK vented and their conservation status, particularly of those most : 20140060 36Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, Universite´ de Poitiers, Equipe in decline, has been improved and sustained’ [10]. 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