Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity

F He, C Zarfl, K Tockner, JD Olden, Z Campos… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Hydropower is a rapidly develo** and globally important source of renewable electricity.
Globally, over 60% of rivers longer than 500 km are already fragmented and thousands of …

Understanding the threats to fish migration: applying the global swimways concept to the Lower Mekong

IG Cowx, AV Vu, Z Hogan… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Mekong River basin is a biodiversity hotspot and supports the largest inland
capture fishery globally. The fish and fisheries, especially migratory species that underpin …

Individual activity levels and presence of conspecifics affect fish passage rates over an in‐flume barrier

D Nyqvist, F Tarena, A Candiotto… - Ecology of Freshwater …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Dams and other in‐stream obstacles disrupt longitudinal connectivity and hinder fish from
moving between habitats. Fishways and other fish passage solutions are used to pass fish …

Quantitative impacts of hydroelectric dams on the trans‐Amazonian migrations of goliath catfish

M Hauser, CRC Doria, C Pécheyran… - Conservation …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hydropower expansion is increasingly responsible for connectivity and biodiversity loss in
freshwater ecosystems. The Amazon basin, which supports the highest level of freshwater …

The seasonal rate of discharge change as the primary trigger synchronizing freshwater fish reproduction in an Amazonian River

C Röpke, A Cella-Ribeiro, FC Ferreira… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2024‏ - Springer
Gaining a comprehensive understanding of all factors influencing fish reproduction in large
rivers is vital for proposing improved river discharge management practices and estimating …

Translating science into actions to conserve Amazonian freshwaters

TBA Couto, CN Jenkins, CF Beveridge… - … Science and Practice, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of freshwater ecosystems to social‐ecological systems of the
Amazon, conservation in the region historically has focused on terrestrial ecosystems …

Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale

SB Correa, KV Coronado-Franco, C Jézéquel… - Proceedings of the …, 2025‏ - pnas.org
Unlike most rivers globally, nearly all lowland Amazonian rivers have unregulated flow,
supporting seasonally flooded floodplain forests. Floodplain forests harbor a unique tree …

Individual movement behaviour and habitat use of a small-sized cypriniform (Telestes muticellus) in a mountain stream

A Schiavon, C Comoglio, A Candiotto… - … Biology of Fishes, 2025‏ - Springer
Abstract Knowledge about the biology and ecology of species is fundamental for their
management and conservation. Despite this, many fish species and life stages are …

Migratory Ecology of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum in the Amazon Basin Revealed by Otolith Microchemistry

LA Pereira, L Castello, E Hallerman, D Orth… - Diversity, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Fish migrate for varied reasons, including to avoid predators and to access feeding,
spawning, and nursery habitats, behaviors that enhance their survival and reproductive …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of potamodromous fishes in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin

TNS Campos, HR Pereira, PB Perônico… - Neotropical …, 2025‏ - SciELO Brasil
Migratory fishes are deeply connected with human societies. In the Tocantins-Araguaia
basin, a region marked by high biodiversity, endemism and environmental degradation …