A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research
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Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons are varied, investments in both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind those in the terrestrial and marine realms. Inspired by a global consultation, we identify 15 pressing priority needs, grouped into five research areas, in an effort to support informed stewardship of freshwater biodiversity. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated actions towards its sustainable management and conservation.
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- Authors
- Maasri, A., Jähnig, S. C., Adamescu, M. C., Adrian, R., Baigun, C., Baird, D. J., Batista‐Morales, A., Bonada, N., Brown, L. E., Cai, Q., Campos‐Silva, J. V., Clausnitzer, V., Contreras‐MacBeath, T., Cooke, S. J., Datry, T., Delacámara, G., De Meester, L., Dijkstra, K. B., Do, V. T., Domisch, S., Dudgeon, D., Erös, T., Freitag, H., Freyhof, J., Friedrich, J., Friedrichs‐Manthey, M., Geist, J., Gessner, M. O., Goethals, P., Gollock, M., Gordon, C., Grossart, H., Gulemvuga, G., Gutiérrez‐Fonseca, P. E., Haase, P., Hering, D., Hahn, H. J., Hawkins, C. P., He, F., Heino, J., Hermoso, V., Hogan, Z., Hölker, F., Jeschke, J. M., Jiang, M., Johnson, R. K., Kalinkat, G., Karimov, B. K., Kasangaki, A., Kimirei, I. A., Kohlmann, B., Kuemmerlen, M., Kuiper, J. J., Kupilas, B., Langhans, S. D., Lansdown, R., Leese, F., Magbanua, F. S., Matsuzaki, S. S., Monaghan, M. T., Mumladze, L., Muzon, J., Mvogo Ndongo, P. A., Nejstgaard, J. C., Nikitina, O., Ochs, C., Odume, O. N., Opperman, J. J., Patricio, H., Pauls, S. U., Raghavan, R., Ramírez, A., Rashni, B., Ross‐Gillespie, V., Samways, M. J., Schäfer, R. B., Schmidt‐Kloiber, A., Seehausen, O., Shah, D. N., Sharma, S., Soininen, J., Sommerwerk, N., Stockwell, J. D., Suhling, F., Tachamo Shah, R. D., Tharme, R. E., Thorp, J. H., Tickner, D., Tockner, K., Tonkin, J. D., Valle, M., Vitule, J., Volk, M., Wang, D., Wolter, C., & Worischka, S.
- Affiliations
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- University of Bucharest (RO)
- Universidad Nacional de San Martin San Martin Argentina
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute (CO)
- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M (DE)
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (MX)
- Carleton University (CA)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- IMDEA Water (ES)
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin Germany
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL)
- Viện Sinh thái và Tài nguyên sinh vật (VN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Balaton Limnological Research Institute Tihany Hungary
- Ateneo de Manila University (PH)
- Museum für Naturkunde (DE)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Zoological Society of London (GB)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- International Commission for Congo‐Ubangui‐Sangha Basin Kinshasa D.R. Congo
- Universidad de Costa Rica (CR)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- University of Koblenz and Landau (DE)
- Utah State University (US)
- Finnish Environment Institute (FI)
- Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (ES)
- University of Nevada, Reno (US)
- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CN)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
- Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (UZ)
- Kabale University (UG)
- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TZ)
- Earth University (CR)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Stockholm Resilience Centre (SE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Basque Centre for Climate Change (ES)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (PH)
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (JP)
- Ilia State University (GE)
- Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda Avellaneda Argentina
- Université de Douala Douala Cameroon
- WWF‐Russia Moscow Russia
- University of Mississippi (US)
- Rhodes University (ZA)
- World Wildlife Fund (US)
- Global Wildlife Conservation (US)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (IN)
- North Carolina State University (US)
- University of the South Pacific (FJ)
- NatureMetrics Ltd Surrey UK
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- BOKU University (AT)
- University of Bern Bern Switzerland
- Tribhuvan University (NP)
- Kathmandu University (NP)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Vermont (US)
- Technische Universität Braunschweig (DE)
- Kathmandu University Dhulikhel Nepal
- Université de Tours (FR)
- University of Kansas (US)
- WWF-UK (GB)
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- University of Canterbury (NZ)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research‐UFZ Leipzig Germany
- Corresponding author
- Maasri, Alain
- Jähnig, Sonja C.
- ORCID
- Maasri, Alain
- Jähnig, Sonja C.
- Adamescu, Mihai C.
- Adrian, Rita
- Baird, Donald J.
- Batista‐Morales, Angelica
- Bonada, Núria
- Brown, Lee E.
- Cai, Qinghua
- Clausnitzer, Viola
- Contreras‐MacBeath, Topiltzin
- Cooke, Steven J.
- Datry, Thibault
- De Meester, Luc
- Domisch, Sami
- Dudgeon, David
- Erös, Tibor
- Freitag, Hendrik
- Freyhof, Joerg
- Friedrich, Jana
- Friedrichs‐Manthey, Martin
- Geist, Juergen
- Gessner, Mark O.
- Goethals, Peter
- Gordon, Christopher
- Grossart, Hans‐Peter
- Gulemvuga, Georges
- Gutiérrez‐Fonseca, Pablo E.
- Haase, Peter
- Hering, Daniel
- Hahn, Hans Jürgen
- Hawkins, Charles P.
- He, Fengzhi
- Heino, Jani
- Hermoso, Virgilio
- Hogan, Zeb
- Hölker, Franz
- Jeschke, Jonathan M.
- Jiang, Meilan
- Johnson, Richard K.
- Kalinkat, Gregor
- Karimov, Bakhtiyor K.
- Kasangaki, Aventino
- Kimirei, Ismael A.
- Kohlmann, Bert
- Kuemmerlen, Mathias
- Kuiper, Jan J.
- Kupilas, Benjamin
- Langhans, Simone D.
- Lansdown, Richard
- Leese, Florian
- Magbanua, Francis S.
- Matsuzaki, Shin‐ichiro S.
- Monaghan, Michael T.
- Mumladze, Levan
- Muzon, Javier
- Nejstgaard, Jens C.
- Nikitina, Oxana
- Ochs, Clifford
- Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson
- Opperman, Jeffrey J.
- Patricio, Harmony
- Pauls, Steffen U.
- Raghavan, Rajeev
- Ramírez, Alonso
- Rashni, Bindiya
- Ross‐Gillespie, Vere
- Samways, Michael J.
- Schäfer, Ralf B.
- Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid
- Seehausen, Ole
- Shah, Deep Narayan
- Sharma, Subodh
- Soininen, Janne
- Sommerwerk, Nike
- Stockwell, Jason D.
- Suhling, Frank
- Tharme, Rebecca E.
- Thorp, James H.
- Tickner, David
- Tockner, Klement
- Tonkin, Jonathan D.
- Valle, Mireia
- Vitule, Jean
- Volk, Martin
- Wang, Ding
- Wolter, Christian
- Worischka, Susanne
- Venue
- Ecology Letters
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-12
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 255-263
- ISSN
- 1461-023X (ISSN-L)
- 1461-0248
- OpenAlex
- W3158869479
- Cited by
- 227
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 67 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 22.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Ecology Letters (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EPrints IMDEA Water Institute (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- Epsilon Open Archive (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet biblioteket (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)) (acceptedVersion)
- EPrints IMDEA Water Institute (acceptedVersion)
- University of the South Pacific Electronic Research Repository (The University of the South Pacific) (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- EcoEvoRxiv (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Communities in ADDI (University of the Basque Country) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- AZTI Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
- Hispana (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Kabale University Digital Repository (submittedVersion)
- publish.UP (University of Potsdam) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Refubium (Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Universitätsbibliothek der FU Berlin Hochschulschriftenstelle u. Dokumentenserver
- Funders
- Utah State University
- Griffith University
- Chongqing University
- Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Covenant University
- University of the Philippines
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
- Stockholms Universitet
- Busitema University
- Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning
- Suomen Ympäristökeskus
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Keywords
- freshwater biodiversity, biodiversity conservation, freshwater conservation, research funding, biodiversity loss
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Fresh Water, Ecosystem, Biodiversity
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