Lax science can have negative impacts on conservation: A rebuttal to Lau and Jacobs (2017)
Keyword(s):
A recent paper by Lau and Jacobs (2017, PeerJ) negatively contributes to a critical conservation problem in the Gulf of California—better regulation of fisheries in the Upper Gulf of California. The paper’s broader conclusions are not supported by the data presented, and numerous assumptions and claims regarding previous work are misstated or incorrect, including claims of sister-group relationship between Colpichthys hubbsi and C. regis and an implied sister group relationship between Uca monilifera and Uca princeps, claims regarding Colorado River water flow to the Gulf of California, and claims of post-dam “significantly different adaptive regimes on taxa in the [Upper Gulf].”
2018 ◽
2001 ◽
Vol 15
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pp. 249-258
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