2024
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17166
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Threats of dams to the persistence of the world's freshwater fishes

Tamara Keijzer,
Valerio Barbarossa,
Alexandra Marques
et al.

Abstract: Habitat fragmentation due to dams is a well‐known threat to freshwater fish. Yet, the global consequences of fragmentation for the viability of freshwater fish populations are unknown. Here, we provide the first global assessment of the threats of dams to the persistence of freshwater fish species. We developed a global macroecological relationship between freshwater fish range size and body size and used this relationship to assess whether isolated range fragments are too small to support a species. Our asses… Show more

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