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 …

The economic benefits of dams have been assumed to outweigh the costs, thus providing
rationale for construction of dams around the world. However, the development of these …

With the biodiversity crisis continuing unchecked, we need to establish levels and drivers of
extinction risk, and reassessments over time, to effectively allocate conservation resources …

Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters is designed to serve as a
textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference source for …

Invertebrate species represent more than 99% of animal diversity; however, they receive
much less publicity and attract disproportionately minor research effort relative to …

THE AGGREGATE integrating ecology and economics, communicating the economic
implications of ecological investigations is crucial for biodiversity conservation. In this study …

The scope and history of hydrologic modifications in the New World is integrally tied to what
is known about regional biological effects of these hydrologic changes in tropical and …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) holds great promise for conservation applications like the
monitoring of invasive or imperiled species, yet this emerging technique requires ongoing …

Abstract The Southeastern Fishes Council Technical Advisory Committee reviewed the
diversity, distribution, and status of all native freshwater and diadromous fishes across 51 …

Freshwater invertebrate conservation faces 5 important challenges. First, ̃10, 000 species of
freshwater invertebrates around the world may already be extinct or imperiled. Second …