Fish communities face increasing anthropogenic pressures in freshwater and marine
ecosystems that modify their biodiversity and threaten the services they supply to human …

Arguments for the need to conserve aquatic predator (AP) populations often focus on the
ecological and socioeconomic roles they play. Here, we summarize the diverse ecosystem …

Ecosystems worldwide are rapidly losing taxonomic, phylogenetic, genetic, and functional
diversity as a result of human appropriation of natural resources, modification of habitats and …

Ecological restoration is becoming regarded as a major strategy for increasing the provision
of ecosystem services as well as reversing biodiversity losses. Here, we show that …

Freshwater habitats occupy< 1% of the Earth's surface, yet are hotspots that support∼ 10%
of all known species, and∼ ⅓ of vertebrate species. Fresh waters also are hotspots for …

Surface freshwaters—lakes, reservoirs, and rivers—are among the most extensively altered
ecosystems on Earth. Transformations include changes in the morphology of rivers and …

This review provides a contemporary account of knowledge on aspects of introductions of
non‐native fish species and includes issues associated with introduction pathways …

Land use intensification can greatly reduce species richness and ecosystem functioning.
However, species richness determines ecosystem functioning through the diversity and …

Fisheries are an essential ecosystem service, but catches from freshwaters are often
overlooked. Hundreds of millions of people around the world benefit from low-cost protein …

Highlights•River impoundment results in fairly predictable changes in fish functional
diversity.•The most vulnerable species have functional traits associated with flowing water …