A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.
Alain MaasriSonja C JähnigCristian Mihai AdamescuRita AdrianClaudio BaigunDonald J BairdAngelica Batista-MoralesNúria BonadaLee Eric BrownQinghua CaiJoao V Campos-SilvaViola ClausnitzerTopiltzin Contreras-MacBeathSteven J CookeThibault DatryGonzalo DelacámaraLuc De MeesterKlaus-Douwe B DijkstraVan Tu DoSami DomischDavid DudgeonTibor ErösHendrik FreitagJoerg FreyhofJana FriedrichMartin Friedrichs-MantheyJuergen P GeistMark O GessnerPeter GoethalsMatthew GollockChristopher GordonHans-Peter GrossartGeorges GulemvugaPablo E Gutiérrez-FonsecaPeter HaaseDaniel HeringHans Jürgen HahnCharles P HawkinsFengzhi HeJani HeinoVirgilio HermosoZeb HoganFranz HölkerJonathan M JeschkeMeilan JiangRichard K JohnsonGregor KalinkatBakhtiyor K KarimovAventino KasangakiIsmael Aaron KimireiBert KohlmannMathias KuemmerlenJan J KuiperBenjamin KupilasSimone Daniela LanghansRichard LansdownFlorian LeeseFrancis S MagbanuaShin-Ichiro S MatsuzakiMichael T MonaghanLevan MumladzeJavier MuzonPierre A Mvogo NdongoJens C NejstgaardOxana NikitinaClifford A OchsOghenekaro Nelson OdumeJeffrey J OppermanHarmony PatricioSteffen U PaulsRajeev RaghavanAlonso RamírezBindiya RashniVere Ross-GillespieMichael J SamwaysRalf Bernhard SchäferAstrid Schmidt-KloiberOle SeehausenDeep Narayan ShahSubodh SharmaJanne SoininenNike SommerwerkJason D StockwellFrank SuhlingRam Devi Tachamo ShahRebecca E TharmeJames H ThorpDavid TicknerKlement TocknerJonathan D TonkinMireia ValleJean VituleMartin VolkDing WangChristian WolterSusanne WorischkaPublished in: Ecology letters (2021)
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.