Peter L.M. Goethals

Broad-scale evaluations of biodiversity change need reference comparisons

Assessments of broad-scale biodiversity change commonly aggregate communities that differ in their initial impacts and their total degree of change (differing “impact trajectories”). Biodiversity responses may depend on the impact trajectory of a given community; thus, not contro...

Seasonal migration and habitat shifts of the cyprinid fish Schizothorax eurycephalus in a Central Asian mountain river

Abstract Freshwater biodiversity in Central Asia faces increasing pressure from anthropogenic impacts. A group of fish species of ecological and economical importance in the area are snow trout, cyprinids of the genus Schizothorax . However, fundamental knowledge to aid species c...