Biology

Current extinction rate in European freshwater gastropods greatly exceeds that of the late Cretaceous mass extinction

T. A. Neubauer, T. Hauffe, et al.

This groundbreaking study conducted by Thomas A. Neubauer and colleagues reveals that the extinction rates of European freshwater gastropods are now three times higher than the catastrophic loss experienced during the K-Pg mass extinction event. This urgent research sheds light on the ongoing biodiversity crisis plaguing our freshwater ecosystems.

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Abstract

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

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