River damming has brought great benefits to flood mitigation, energy and food production,
and will continue to play a significant role in global energy supply, particularly in Asia, Africa …

Rehabilitation of large Anthropocene rivers requires engagement of diverse stakeholders
across a broad range of sociopolitical boundaries. Competing objectives often constrain …

Alteration of rivers for human use has resulted in substantial biodiversity declines,
particularly for species restricted to the largest rivers. Conservation and restoration efforts on …

Freshwater fishes worldwide face an array of threats from dam construction, river
fragmentation, pollution, over‐exploitation and interactions with introduced species. Such …

Despite increasing efforts globally to remove dams and construct fish passage structures,
broad-scale analyses balancing tradeoffs between cost and habitat gains from these …

Migratory fishes are natural wonders. For many people, the term migratory fish evokes
images of salmon audaciously jumping at waterfalls as they return to their own riverine …

Conservation of fish assemblages in severely impounded rivers has often focused on
providing longitudinal and lateral connectivity along the main stem. Less attention has been …

Globally, dams fragment river networks, threatening migratory fishes which require access to
distinct habitats to complete their life cycles. Efforts to understand how cumulative effects of …

Hydropower is considered an important form of renewable energy, often involving
hydropeaking. While the effects of hydropeaking on aquatic communities in areas …

Fishes that depend on large‐river habitats have declined in many regions due to human
alteration of both mainstems and tributaries. Conserving these species is often complicated …