This paper is a synthetic overview of some of the threats, risks, and integrated water
management elements in freshwater ecosystems. The paper provides some discussion of …

Functional traits are ecologically relevant characteristics of species. They are relevant to
community structuring in face of environmental drivers (response traits) and to ecosystem …

There is a long history of introduction of non-native fishes in fresh waters and the
introduction rate has accelerated greatly over time. Although not all introduced fishes have …

Compiled inventories with information on the distribution, status and impacts of invasive
alien species are essential for the study, management and monitoring of biological …

Predation is considered to be an important factor structuring natural communities. However,
it is often difficult to determine how it may influence long‐term, broad‐scale, diversity …

In Brazil, the introduction of non-native fish is commonplace, and the only existing measure
to address this problem is the normative approach (ie, laws and inspections). However, this …

Peacock bass Cichla ocellaris is a piscivorous cichlid native from the Amazon and Orinoco
river basins, which has been broadly introduced into tropical areas worldwide, leading to …

The introduction of non-native species (NNS) and the resulting biological invasions are
conspicuous features of the Anthropocene Epoch. Parallel to these phenomena, some …

The introduction of Cichla kelberi to the Rosana Reservoir (Paraná River basin, Brazil) was
followed by a substantial loss of fish diversity in macrophyte patches, and this study …

A review was carried out on the freshwater zooplankton in Brazil, between 1900 and 2021,
based on 1014 studies, and the main trends were pointed. There was an increase of studies …