Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

AJ Reid, AK Carlson, IF Creed, EJ Eliason… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al.(2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …

Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management

AH Arthington, NK Dulvy, W Gladstone… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the disparities in size and volume of marine and freshwater realms, a strikingly
similar number of species is found in each–with 15 150 Actinopterygian fishes in fresh water …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Threats of global warming to the world's freshwater fishes

V Barbarossa, J Bosmans, N Wanders, H King… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity, but freshwater fishes have
been largely ignored in climate change assessments. Here, we assess threats of future flow …

Threats, challenges and sustainable conservation strategies for freshwater biodiversity

SF Ahmed, PS Kumar, M Kabir, FT Zuhara… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing human population, deforestation and man-made climate change are likely to
exacerbate the negative effects on freshwater ecosystems and species endangerment …

The living planet index (LPI) for migratory freshwater fish: Technical report

S Deinet, K Scott-Gatty, H Rotton, WM Twardek… - 2020 - research.rug.nl
Migratory freshwater fish (ie fish that use freshwater systems, either partly or exclusively)
occur around the world and travel between critical habitats to complete their life cycle. They …

A global perspective on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on freshwater fish biodiversity

SJ Cooke, WM Twardek, AJ Lynch, IG Cowx… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting effects on the economy and society (eg,
sheltering-in-place, alterations in transportation, changes in consumer behaviour, loss of …

Relationships between forest cover and fish diversity in the Amazon River floodplain

CC Arantes, KO Winemiller, M Petrere… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat degradation leads to biodiversity loss and concomitant changes in ecosystem
processes. Tropical river floodplains are highly threatened by land cover changes and …

Mahseer (Tor spp.) fishes of the world: status, challenges and opportunities for conservation

AC Pinder, JR Britton, AJ Harrison, P Nautiyal… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2019 - Springer
The mahseer fishes (Tor spp.) represent an iconic genus of large-bodied species of the
Cyprinidae family. Across the 16 recognised species in the genus, individual fish can attain …

Future of freshwater ecosystems in a 1.5 C warmer world

SJ Capon, B Stewart-Koster, SE Bunn - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Freshwater ecosystems are highly vulnerable to global warming because 1) their chief
drivers, water quality and flow regimes, are highly sensitive to atmospheric warming, and 2) …