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Aquatic fungi: largely neglected targets for conservation
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment2022
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This paper argues that aquatic fungi are vastly understudied and underprotected, despite playing critical roles in decomposition, nutrient cycling, and food webs in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Aquatic fungi may be vulnerable to plastic pollution and other anthropogenic stressors but are not targeted by most conservation policies. Greater research attention and conservation action are needed for this largely neglected group.
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Environmental
This work was supported by JE Purkyně Fellowship of the Czech Academy of \nSciences (IJ); Erasmus+ programme and the Faculty of Science, University of South \nBohemia (MV, CR); German Science Foundation project in the frame of the \n“Antarktis SPP 1158” [GR1540/33-1] (H-PG); MEMOBIC, EU Operational \nProgramme Research, Development and Education [CZ.02.2.69/0.0/ 0.0/16_027/000 \n8357], and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic \n[CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 025/0007417] (SIS). \nThis work contributes to the missions of the Alliance for Freshwater Life (allianceforfreshwaterlife.org) and of the IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee (FunCC).