People need freshwater biodiversity

AJ Lynch, SJ Cooke, AH Arthington… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater biodiversity, from fish to frogs and microbes to macrophytes, provides a vast
array of services to people. Mounting concerns focus on the accelerating pace of biodiversity …

Diversification of Neotropical freshwater fishes

JS Albert, VA Tagliacollo… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFFs) constitute the most diverse continental vertebrate fauna
on Earth, with more than 6,200 named species compressed into an aquatic footprint< 0.5 …

Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

JS Albert, G Destouni, SM Duke-Sylvester… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Freshwater ecosystems provide irreplaceable services for both nature and society. The
quality and quantity of freshwater affect biogeochemical processes and ecological dynamics …

Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring

J Pawlowski, L Apothéloz‐Perret‐Gentil… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The last decade brought a spectacular development of so‐called environmental (e) DNA
studies. In general,“environmental DNA” is defined as DNA isolated from environmental …

Benthic composition changes on coral reefs at global scales

SB Tebbett, SR Connolly, DR Bellwood - Nature ecology & evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Globally, ecosystems are being reconfigured by a range of intensifying human-induced
stressors. Coral reefs are at the forefront of this environmental transformation, and if we are …

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 …

Interactive effects of warming and pollutants on marine and freshwater invertebrates

KV Dinh, HS Konestabo, K Borgå, K Hylland… - Current Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Global warming and pollution are among the five major causes
of global biodiversity loss, particularly in aquatic invertebrates which are highly diverse but …

Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss

AH Arthington, D Tickner, ME McClain… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Environmental flows (e-flows) aim to mitigate the threat of altered hydrological regimes in
river systems and connected waterbodies and are an important component of integrated …

Environmental flow requirements of estuaries: providing resilience to current and future climate and direct anthropogenic changes

D Chilton, DP Hamilton, I Nagelkerken… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Estuaries host unique biodiversity and deliver a range of ecosystem services at the interface
between catchment and the ocean. They are also among the most degraded ecosystems on …

From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene

N Cid, T Erős, J Heino, G Singer… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regional‐scale ecological processes, such as the spatial flows of material, energy, and
organisms, are fundamental for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in river …