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 …

Freshwater biodiversity is the over-riding conservation priority during the International
Decade for Action–'Water for Life'–2005 to 2015. Fresh water makes up only 0.01% of the …

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to
sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that …

Inland waters have received only slight consideration in recent discussions of the global
fisheries crisis, even though inland fisheries provide much-needed protein, jobs, and …

Understanding the drivers and implications of anthropogenic disturbance of ecological
connectivity is a key concern for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem processes …

This chapter provides an overview of the main drivers of change in estuarine systems, their
expected causes and impacts on estuarine fish and fisheries. An analysis of global, regional …

Aim In light of the current biodiversity crisis, there is a need to identify and protect species at
greatest risk of extinction. Ecological theory and global‐scale analyses of bird and mammal …

Migration is a widespread but highly diverse component of many animal life histories. Fish
migrate throughout the world's oceans, within lakes and rivers, and between the two realms …

Migratory fishes are common in freshwaters throughout the world and can fundamentally
alter recipient ecosystems. We describe different types of fish migrations and consider their …

The fragmentation of free-flowing rivers (FFRs) through major infrastructure development
remains a pivotal threat to global freshwater biodiversity. More than 3400 large hydropower …