EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
5/25/2021 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | BIOTIC DIVERSITY IN URBAN ECOSYSTEMS: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH NEEDS | Virtual Platform
BIOTIC DIVERSITY IN URBAN ECOSYSTEMS: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH NEEDS
Some of the most intense human land use on earth occurs in urban ecosystems, severely altering the hydrology, physical habitat, connectivity, and water quality and resulting in reduced biodiversity and biotic homogenization of aquatic systems. However, urban aquatic ecosystems can also be critical habitat for endemic and imperiled fishes and invertebrates, and these biota contribute valuable ecosystem services to a growing portion of the world’s human population. We describe the state of the knowledge of fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages in urban ecosystems and how stressors interact to limit urban biodiversity. We identify 10 topic areas requiring further research for understanding urban aquatic biodiversity, characteristics of biota and biotic interactions in urban ecosystems, and issues affecting urban aquatic biodiversity into the future. If managed properly as part of a network of habitats, urban ecosystems have the potential to support regional biodiversity conservation and contribute to the well-being of city-dwelling people globally. Recognition of the value of natural and novel urban ecosystems can propel research to understand ecological processes and develop strategies to maintain and enhance the biota of these unique systems in the context of global change.
- Biodiversity
- Conservation
- Land use
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Allison Roy
(), U.S. Geological Survey, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Massachusetts Amherst, aroy@eco.umass.edu;
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Augustin Engman
(), University of Tennessee, gusengman@gmail.com;
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