Habitat loss in the restricted range of the endemic Ghanaian cichlid Limbochromis robertsi

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 896 - 912
• Main Authors: Lamboj, Anton, Lucanus, Oliver, Osei Darko, Patrick, Arroyo‐Mora, J. Pablo, Kalacska, Margaret
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2020
• Subjects: agricultural expansion; Agricultural management; Agriculture; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic ecosystems; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Cichlidae; Coastal inlets; Creeks; Creeks & streams; Deforestation; Distribution; Endemic species; Environmental degradation; Environmental restoration; Fish; Fragmentation; Freshwater; Freshwater ecosystems; Freshwater fish; Freshwater fishes; gold mining; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Habitat selection; Habitats; Ichthyofauna; Imagery; Indicators; Inland water environment; Keystone species; Land cover; Land degradation; Land use; land use/land cover change; Limbochromis robertsi; Mining; Remote sensing; Riparian forests; Riparian land; River banks; Satellite imagery; Spaceborne remote sensing; Wildlife conservation

Remote sensing has become an integral and invaluable tool to inform biodiversity conservation and monitoring of habitat degradation and restoration over time. Despite the disproportionately high levels of biodiversity loss in freshwater ecosystems worldwide, ichthyofauna are commonly overlooked in f...