Abstract The Yangtze River is a biodiversity hotspot, and it has the most diverse fish
assemblages on Earth. Dam construction is one of the main causes of fish biodiversity …

Abstract Poyang Lake Basin is of great importance to maintain regional ecological balance.
However, fish biodiversity in this basin has rapidly declined as the result of anthropogenic …

We synthesized information on freshwater fish biodiversity in the Yangtze River basin. We
documented 361 species and subspecies that had been recorded and described from the …

Riverine environments have been threatened by anthropogenic perturbations worldwide,
whereby their fish assemblages have been modified by habitat changes and nonendemic …

Effective conservation of ecosystems requires deep knowledge concerning multiple aspects
of biodiversity including alpha and beta components of species richness, taxonomic, and …

An understanding of the consequences of human-mediated disturbances from multi-facet
diversity (ie species, functional and phylogenetic) perspectives is of great significance in …

Dams have well-documented ecological impacts on downstream river segments; however,
long-term impacts of river impoundment have rarely been investigated in upstream reaches …

Dams and diversions are a primary threat to freshwater fish biodiversity, including the loss of
species and restructuring of communities, often resulting in taxonomic homogenization …

Dam removal is becoming an effective approach for aquatic biodiversity restoration in
damming river in order to balance the aquatic ecosystem conservation with large-scale …

The Ganjiang River has abundant fish resources, which plays a significant role in
maintaining and replenishing the fish resources in Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River, and …