Dead Shells Bring to Life Baselines for Conservation: Case Studies from The Bahamas, Southern California, and Wisconsin, USA

We are living in a time of rapid biodiversity loss. Numerous studies have shown that modern extinction rates are higher than pre-human background rates. However, these studies of biodiversity decline almost exclusively focus on large vertebrates. The scientific community lacks the sufficient long-te...

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Main Authors: Andrew V. Michelson, Julian J. Spergel, Katalina C. Kimball, Lisa Park Boush, Jill S. Leonard-Pingel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/6/788