While the impacts of high exploitation on fish populations and aquatic ecosystems are well-
documented for commercial fishing, particularly in the marine environment, the potential …

The degradation of inland aquatic habitats caused by decades of human activities has led to
worldwide efforts to rehabilitate freshwater habitats for fisheries and aquatic resources. We …

Since the publication of the first edition (1994) there have been rapid developments in the
application of hydrology, geomorphology and ecology to stream management. In particular …

Recent studies have increasingly demonstrated the widespread existence of spatio-
temporal variations in the abundance and distribution of species of freshwater fishes …

The reported annual yield from inland capture fisheries in 2008 was over 10 million tonnes,
although real catches are probably considerably higher than this. Inland fisheries are …

Despite decades of research on wood in rivers, the addition of wood as a river restoration
technique remains controversial. We reviewed the literature on natural and placed wood to …

With a sixth mass extinction looming and freshwater biodiversity declining at unprecedented
rates, evaluating ecological efficacy of river restoration efforts is critical in combatting global …

In northern industrialized countries, the inland fisheries sector has long been dominated by
recreational fisheries, which normally exploit fish for leisure or subsistence and provide …

Freshwater fish move vertically and horizontally through the aquatic landscape for a variety
of reasons, such as to find and exploit patchy resources or to locate essential habitats (eg …

Habitat loss and degradation, and their interaction with other threats, are driving declines in
animal populations worldwide. One potential approach for mitigating these threats is to …