全球模式和淡水鱼类灭绝的驱动因素:我们能从我们的损失中吸取教训吗?
Leonidas Vardakas1, Costas Perdikaris2, Jörg Freyhof3
1Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Attica, Greece.
Global change biology
|May 19, 2025
概括
淡水鱼面临着严重的灭绝危机,其数量是自然背景水平的100倍以上. 息地变化,污染和入侵物种等关键驱动因素迫切需要综合的保护战略,以防止进一步的生物多样性丧失.
科学领域:
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 鱼类学 鱼类学 鱼类学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 淡水鱼占全球鱼类多样性的50%以上,但近三分之一受到灭绝的威胁.
- 淡水鱼类的生态和社会经济重要性是巨大的,但它们的灭绝在全球范围内被研究不足.
- 了解灭绝模式和驱动因素对于有效保护这些重要物种至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 综合评估淡水鱼类灭绝的分类学,空间和时间模式.
- 确定灭绝的关键驱动因素及其协同效应.
- 评估当前的灭绝率与自然背景率相比,并为保护策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 从国际自然保护联盟 (IUCN) 红色清单中分析了89种已灭绝的和11种已在野生中灭绝的淡水鱼类.
- 分类学统计分析以确定受影响的家族 (例如,鱼类,鱼类,鱼类).
- 在全球和大陆范围内计算每百万物种年 (E/MSY) 的灭绝率;对于驾驶员协会的贝叶斯模型.
主要成果:
- 现代淡水鱼类的灭绝率为33.47 E/MSY,是背景速度的100倍以上 (0.33 E/MSY).
- 北美 (225.60 E/MSY) 和欧洲 (220.26 E/MSY) 的大陆灭绝率最高.
- 自然系统的修改,污染和入侵物种是主要的驱动因素,往往以协同作用,自20世纪中叶以来趋势加速.
结论:
- 尽管有保护工作,淡水鱼类的灭绝速度正在加快,这凸显了对综合战略的迫切需要.
- 北美和亚洲与物种丧失有很强的关联,而欧洲的关联程度较为温和.
- 如果不立即采取全面行动,许多处于危险的淡水鱼类物种可能会面临灭绝.
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