The revelation that 25% of freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction has drawn more attention to the plight of underwater diversity, which was historically “out of sight, out of mind.” But a deeper diversity crisis remains largely hidden, namely the loss of diversity within species. This “intraspecific” diversity is critical for species persistence in an increasingly unpredictable world but is challenging to investigate.
This Flashback Friday, catch up on the catch-22 associated with non-native black bass – a fish resource managers must preserve due to its economic value as a sportfish, but which […]
Tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) are small, short-lived, cryptic fishes, rarely exceeding about two inches in length.
