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A Global Agenda for Advancing Freshwater Biodiversity Research
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  • Alain Maasri,
  • Sonja Jähnig,
  • Mihai Adamescu,
  • Rita Adrian,
  • Claudio Baigun,
  • Donald Baird,
  • Angelica Batista-Morales,
  • Nuria Bonada,
  • Lee Brown,
  • Qinghua Cai,
  • Joao Campos-Silva,
  • Viola Clausnitzer,
  • Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath,
  • Steven Cooke,
  • Thibault Datry,
  • Gonzalo Delacamara,
  • Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra,
  • Van Tu Do,
  • Sami Domisch,
  • David Dudgeon,
  • Tibor Eros,
  • Hendrik Freitag,
  • Joerg Freyhof,
  • Jana Friedrich,
  • Martin Friedrichs-Manthey,
  • Juergen Geist,
  • Mark Gessner,
  • Peter Goethals,
  • Matthew Gollock,
  • Christopher Gordon,
  • Hans-Peter Grossart,
  • Georges Gulemvuga,
  • Pablo Gutiérrez-Fonseca,
  • Peter Haase,
  • Daniel Hering,
  • Hans Juergen Hahn,
  • Charles Hawkins,
  • Fengzhi He,
  • Jani Heino,
  • Virgilio Hermoso,
  • Zeb Hogan,
  • Franz Hoelker,
  • jonathan Jeschke,
  • Meilam Jiang,
  • Richard Johnson,
  • Gregor Kalinkat,
  • Bakhtiyor Karimov,
  • Aventino Kasangaki,
  • Ismael Kimirei,
  • Bert Kohlmann,
  • Mathias Kummerlen,
  • Jan Kuiper,
  • Benjamin Kupilas,
  • Simone Langhans,
  • Richard Lansdown,
  • Florian Leese,
  • Luc De Meester,
  • Francis Magbanua,
  • Shin-ichiro Matsuzaki,
  • Michael Monaghan,
  • Levan Mumladze,
  • Javier Muzon,
  • Pierre Mvogo Ndongo,
  • Jens Nejstgaard,
  • Oxana Nikitina,
  • Clifford Ochs,
  • Oghenekaro Nelson Odume,
  • Jeffrey Opperman,
  • Harmony Patricio,
  • Steffen Pauls,
  • Rajeev Raghavan,
  • Alonso Ramirez,
  • Bindiya Rashni,
  • Vere Ross-Gillespie,
  • Michael Samways,
  • Ralf Schaefer,
  • Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber,
  • Ole Seehausen,
  • Deep Narayan Shah,
  • Subodh Sharma,
  • Janne Soininen,
  • Nike Sommerwerk,
  • Jason Stockwell,
  • Frank Suhling,
  • Ram Devi Tachamo Shah,
  • Rebecca Tharme,
  • James Thorp,
  • David Tickner,
  • Klement Tockner,
  • Jonathan Tonkin,
  • Mireia Valle,
  • Jean Vitule,
  • Martin Volk,
  • Ding Wang,
  • Christian Wolter,
  • Susanne Worischka
Alain Maasri
Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei im Forschungsverbund Berlin eV

Corresponding Author:alainmaasri@gmail.com

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Sonja Jähnig
Leibniz-Institut fur Gewasserokologie und Binnenfischerei im Forschungsverbund Berlin eV
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Mihai Adamescu
University of Bucharest
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Rita Adrian
Inst. Gewasserokol. Binnenfischerei
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Claudio Baigun
Universidad Nacional de San Martin
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Donald Baird
Environment Canada
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Angelica Batista-Morales
Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt
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Nuria Bonada
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Lee Brown
University of Leeds
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Qinghua Cai
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Joao Campos-Silva
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Viola Clausnitzer
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
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Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos
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Steven Cooke
Carleton University
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Thibault Datry
INRAE
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Gonzalo Delacamara
IMDEA Water Institute
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Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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Van Tu Do
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
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Sami Domisch
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
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David Dudgeon
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Tibor Eros
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Ecological Research Balaton Limnological Research Institute
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Hendrik Freitag
Ateneo de Manila University
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Joerg Freyhof
Museum fur Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut fur Evolutions- und Biodiversitatsforschung
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Jana Friedrich
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Materialforschung und Küstenforschung
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Martin Friedrichs-Manthey
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in the Forschungsverbund Berlin eV
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Juergen Geist
Technical University of Munich
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Mark Gessner
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
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Peter Goethals
Ghent University
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Matthew Gollock
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
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Christopher Gordon
University of Ghana
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Hans-Peter Grossart
Leibnitz Institute for Freshwater ecology and Inland fisheries
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Georges Gulemvuga
International Commission for Congo-Ubangui-Sangha basin
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Pablo Gutiérrez-Fonseca
University of Costa Rica Faculty of Sciences
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Peter Haase
Senckenberg
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Daniel Hering
University of Duisburg-Essen
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Hans Juergen Hahn
University of Koblenz Landau - Campus Landau
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Charles Hawkins
Utah State University
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Fengzhi He
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in the Forschungsverbund Berlin eV
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Jani Heino
Finnish Environment Institute
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Virgilio Hermoso
Griffith University
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Zeb Hogan
University of Nevada Reno
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Franz Hoelker
IGB-Berlin
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jonathan Jeschke
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in the Forschungsverbund Berlin eV
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Meilam Jiang
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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Richard Johnson
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Gregor Kalinkat
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
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Bakhtiyor Karimov
Tashkent institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers
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Aventino Kasangaki
Busitema University
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Ismael Kimirei
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute
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Bert Kohlmann
EARTH University
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Mathias Kummerlen
The University of Dublin Trinity College
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Jan Kuiper
Stockholm University
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Benjamin Kupilas
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
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Simone Langhans
Basque Center for Climate Change
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Richard Lansdown
IUCN
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Florian Leese
University of Duisburg-Essen
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Luc De Meester
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
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Francis Magbanua
University of the Philippines Diliman
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Shin-ichiro Matsuzaki
National Institute for Environmental Studies
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Michael Monaghan
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in the Forschungsverbund Berlin eV
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Levan Mumladze
Ilia State University
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Javier Muzon
Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda
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Pierre Mvogo Ndongo
Universite de Douala
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Jens Nejstgaard
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in the Forschungsverbund Berlin eV
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Oxana Nikitina
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Russia)
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Clifford Ochs
University of Mississippi
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Oghenekaro Nelson Odume
Rhodes University
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Jeffrey Opperman
WWF
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Harmony Patricio
Global Wildlife Conservation
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Steffen Pauls
Senckenberg Research Institute
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Rajeev Raghavan
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies
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Alonso Ramirez
North Carolina State University
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Bindiya Rashni
The University of the South Pacific
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Vere Ross-Gillespie
NatureMetrics
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Michael Samways
Stellenbosch University
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Ralf Schaefer
University of Koblenz Landau - Campus Landau
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Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
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Ole Seehausen
University of Bern
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Deep Narayan Shah
Tribhuvan University
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Subodh Sharma
Kathmandu University
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Janne Soininen
University of Helsinki
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Nike Sommerwerk
Bibliothek am Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin
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Jason Stockwell
University of Vermont
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Frank Suhling
Technische Universitat Braunschweig
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Ram Devi Tachamo Shah
Kathmandu University
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Rebecca Tharme
Riverfutures
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James Thorp
University of Kansas, Kansas Biological Survey
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David Tickner
World Wide Fund for Nature UK
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Klement Tockner
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
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Jonathan Tonkin
University of Canterbury
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Mireia Valle
Basque Center for Climate Change
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Jean Vitule
Universidade Federal do Paraná
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Martin Volk
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
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Ding Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Christian Wolter
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
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Susanne Worischka
University Koblenz - Landau
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Abstract

Freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and the current biodiversity crisis requires defining bold goals and mobilizing substantial resources to meet the challenges. While the reasons are varied, both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind efforts in the terrestrial and marine realms. We identify fifteen pressing global needs to support informed global freshwater biodiversity stewardship. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated action towards its sustainable management and conservation.
Feb 2022Published in Ecology Letters volume 25 issue 2 on pages 255-263. 10.1111/ele.13931