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Jurassic Invaders:Flood-Associated Occurrence of Arapaima and Alligator Gar in the Rivers of Kerala


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1 Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
2 C.V. Raman Laboratory of Ecological Informatics, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
3 School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, India and the Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai 400 001, India
4 Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, India
 

Climate change and invasive species are two of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, and their impacts are compounded when they interact with each other1. For example, altered flow regime as a result of climate change is one of the major pathways by which alien species are introduced into new aquatic ecosystems2, while storms and associated flooding increase their dispersal through escapes from aquaculture facilities3.
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Authors

A. Biju Kumar
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
Smrithy Raj
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
C. P. Arjun
C.V. Raman Laboratory of Ecological Informatics, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
Unmesh Katwate
School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, India and the Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai 400 001, India
Rajeev Raghavan
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, India

Abstract


Climate change and invasive species are two of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, and their impacts are compounded when they interact with each other1. For example, altered flow regime as a result of climate change is one of the major pathways by which alien species are introduced into new aquatic ecosystems2, while storms and associated flooding increase their dispersal through escapes from aquaculture facilities3.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi10%2F1628-1630