A Review of the Flora and Fauna in the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Soorae, Pritpal S.; Sakkir, Sabitha; Saji, Anitha; Khan, Shahid B.; Zaabi, Rashid Al; Shah, Junid N.; Ali, Ahmed; Omari, Khaldoun Al; Dhaheri, Ahmed Al; Javed, Saleem; Tubati, Sai Ravi Krishna; Ahmed, Shakeel; Alrashdi, Zamzam Ali; Dhaheri, Shaikha Al

doi:10.1007/s13157-019-01235-x

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“…In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, 9% of the plant species are found in the AlWathba wetland reserve despite its very small area. These wetlands also comprise about 13.6% of the Emirate's marine and terrestrial habitats (Soorae et al 2020).…”

Section: Taxa Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Importance of Wetlands in Maintaining the Richness of Morocco’s Vascular Flora

2021

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Morocco's wetlands are renowned much more for their abundance and diversity than for their extent. The vascular flora of wetlands is not properly considered in national programs for the conservation and protection of biodiversity, although the first work concerning it dates back about half a century. This work highlights the overall richness of wetlands in terms of vascular plants. Indeed, around 36% of the Moroccan vascular flora exist in wetlands as specific (ST), facultative (FT) or opportunistic (OT) taxa. This taxonomic richness of wetlands, notable in North Atlantic Morocco and the Rif, depends more on local conditions than on bio-geographical zoning. The various factors that threaten this richness of vascular flora are emphasized in the context of disturbing wetland habitats and alarming global warming, i.e. unreliable database of local wetland biodiversity, inefficiency of development programs and actions that have been attempted, and non-comprehensive decision-making. It is particularly expected that Morocco's commitment to the conservation of global biodiversity will lead to the development of a sustainable policy to conserve local wetlands.

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Section: Taxa Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Importance of Wetlands in Maintaining the Richness of Morocco’s Vascular Flora

2021

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“…Cladotanytarsus sagittifer has so far been known from three sites in the United Arab Emirates. The present record comes from the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve (40 km SE of Abu Dhabi) -one of the most important inland wetlands in the UAE, waterlogged during the winter months, presumably the result of sub-surface flow and hydrostatic back-up during spring high tides (Soorae et al 2014).…”

Section: Cladotanytarsus Sagittifer Giłkamentioning

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Cladotanytarsus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae): several distinctive species reviewed on the basis of records from Canada and USA

Puchalski

Giłka

2017

Zootaxa

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Two species of the genus Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1921 are described as adult males, both peculiar in having distinctively elongated hypopygial anal points. The male of Cladotanytarsus bilyji Giłka et Puchalski, sp. nov. (Canada, Manitoba; USA, Ohio) is presumed to be a close relative of C. nigrovittatus (Goetghebuer, 1922). Another unknown Cladotanytarsus species (USA, Illinois and Louisiana) keys with the European C. donmcbeani Langton et McBean, 2010. The intraspecific variability of the male C. acornutus Jacobsen et Bilyj, 2007 is also presented on the basis of new records (Canada, Ontario; USA, South Carolina). Cladotanytarsus males with similarly structured elongate anal points are reviewed, including C. tobaquardecimus Kikuchi et Sasa, 1990, considered a junior synonym (syn. nov.) of C. conversus (Johannsen, 1932). As a compilation of this study, a key to the identification of the adult males of 14 Cladotanytarsus species is provided.

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“…It is critical to understand biodiversity in the wetlands and its conservation value to conserve its biodiversity (Brazner & MacKinnon 2020; Soorae et al . 2020).…”

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“…Hendrich et al 2020;Matsushima et al 2021) because many new wetland species are still being described in the 21st century. It is critical to understand biodiversity in the wetlands and its conservation value to conserve its biodiversity (Brazner & MacKinnon 2020;Soorae et al 2020).…”

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The second phantom aquatic leaf beetle in Japan: Macroplea mutica rediscovery in the wetlands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Nakahama

Okano²,

Nishimoto³

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Entomological Science

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Wetland biodiversity is currently declining on a global scale. Wetland biodiversity understanding is critical for determining the wetlands' conservation value. In this study, Macroplea Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) was discovered in Aomori Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. Only two Macroplea species have been recorded in Japan, M. japana (Jacoby, 1885) and M. mutica (Fabricius, 1792). Macroplea japana had been unrecorded for 60 years before being rediscovered in Honshu Island in 2022, and a single adult M. mutica female was discovered in Hokkaido Prefecture in 2003. The discovered individuals were concluded to be M. mutica based on morphological and molecular analyses. Although morphological differences were observed with the Eurasian M. mutica individuals, the male genitalia was nearly identical to M. mutica. For the molecular phylogenetic analysis based on COI and 28S sequences, Macroplea individuals in Japan were clustered with M. mutica on the Eurasian Continent. This is the first record of this species on Honshu Island (and the second in Japan), as well as the first record of adult males. This species would require conservation policies and additional distributional surveys.

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A Review of the Flora and Fauna in the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Importance of Wetlands in Maintaining the Richness of Morocco’s Vascular Flora

Importance of Wetlands in Maintaining the Richness of Morocco’s Vascular Flora

Cladotanytarsus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae): several distinctive species reviewed on the basis of records from Canada and USA

The second phantom aquatic leaf beetle in Japan: Macroplea mutica rediscovery in the wetlands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

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