This paper examines the extinction rates of European freshwater gastropods over the past 200 million years, comparing them to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event. The study finds that while the K-Pg extinction caused a significant loss of freshwater gastropod diversity (92.5%), current extinction rates are three orders of magnitude higher. This highlights the severity of the ongoing biodiversity crisis in freshwater ecosystems.
Publisher
Communications Earth & Environment
Published On
May 21, 2021
Authors
Thomas A. Neubauer, Torsten Hauffe, Daniele Silvestro, Jens Schauer, Dietrich Kadolsky, Frank P. Wesselingh, Mathias Harzhauser, Thomas Wilke
Tags
extinction rates
freshwater gastropods
biodiversity crisis
Cretaceous-Paleogene
European ecosystems
diversity loss
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