Mapping endemic freshwater fish richness to identify high-priority areas for conservation: An ecoregion approach.

ABSTRACT: Freshwater ecosystems are experiencing accelerating global biodiversity loss. Thus, knowing where these unique ecosystems' species richness reaches a peak can facilitate their conservation planning. By hosting more than 290 freshwater fishes, Iran is a major freshwater fish hotspot in the Middle East. Considering the accelerating rate of biodiversity loss, there is an urgent need to identify species-rich areas and understand the mechanisms driving biodiversity distribution. In this study, we gathered distribution records of all endemic freshwater fishes of Iran (85 species) to develop their richness map and determine the most critical drivers of their richness patterns from an ecoregion approach. We performed a generalized linear model (GLM) with quasi-Poisson distribution to identify cont

SUBMITTER: Yousefi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10870328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature