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Safeguard Amazon’s aquatic fauna against climate change

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  1. Miriam Marmontel

    1. Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Tefé, Brazil.

  2. Ayan Fleischmann

    1. Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Tefé, Brazil.

  3. Adalberto Val

    1. National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.

  4. Bruce Forsberg

    1. National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil.

The catastrophic heatwave and drought that hit the Amazon at the end of last year (see L. Santos de Lima et al. Nature 622, 697; 2023) has led to the unprecedented mortality of hundreds of its river dolphins. A better understanding of how climate change affects biodiversity in tropical water bodies is needed for more effective management of these species.

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Nature 625, 450 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00114-8

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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