caa a22 4500 606226702 CHVBK 20210128101154.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10641-014-0257-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10641-014-0257-4 Extinction risk and conservation priority analyses for 64 endemic fishes in the Upper Yangtze River, China [Elektronische Daten] [Xiong Zhang, Xin Gao, Jianwei Wang, Wenxuan Cao] It is a global concern to assess extinction risk and set conservation priority for threatened species. In the present study, we assessed extinction risks and conservation priorities for 64 endemic fish species in the Upper Yangtze River, which might be threatened by cascade dams in the Lower Jinsha River. Eight independent criteria were selected and scored to calculate an Extinction Risk Index (ERI) and a Conservation Priority Index (CPI) for each species with a linear rating system. These criteria reflect extinction-prone life-history traits, distribution characteristics, threat extents, and other conservation concerns. Species with high current threats, large body sizes, low fecundity, low historical occurrences and low recent-record rates had high ERIs (i.e. high risk of extinction). High CPIs (i.e. high conservation priorities) were assigned to species (e.g. Yangtze sturgeon) that represented those most in need of conservation in the impacted region given their high extinction risks, high levels of future threat from damming, high economic and genetic values. We recommend habitat protection and other conservation measures should be taken to conserve those endemic fish species with high conservation priorities. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Lower Jinsha River nationallicence Extinction risk nationallicence Conservation priorities nationallicence Endemic fishes nationallicence Damming effect nationallicence Zhang Xiong University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, China aut Gao Xin The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Science, 430072, Wuhan, China aut Wang Jianwei The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Science, 430072, Wuhan, China aut Cao Wenxuan The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Science, 430072, Wuhan, China aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/1(2015-01-01), 261-272 0378-1909 98:1<261 2015 98 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0257-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0257-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Xiong University of Chinese Academy of Science, 100049, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gao Xin The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Science, 430072, Wuhan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Jianwei The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Science, 430072, Wuhan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cao Wenxuan The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Science, 430072, Wuhan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/1(2015-01-01), 261-272 0378-1909 98:1<261 2015 98 10641