Multiple threats imperil freshwater biodiversity in the Anthropocene.

Biodiversity Climate Change Conservation of Natural Resources Fisheries Fresh Water Water Pollution

Journal

Current biology : CB
ISSN: 1879-0445
Titre abrégé: Curr Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 Oct 2019
Historique:
entrez: 9 10 2019
pubmed: 9 10 2019
medline: 15 8 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Appropriation of fresh water to meet human needs is growing, and competition among users will intensify in a warmer and more crowded world. This essay explains why freshwater ecosystems are global hotspots of biological richness, despite a panoply of interacting threats that jeopardize biodiversity. The combined effects of these threats will soon become detrimental to humans since provision of ecosystem services, such as protein from capture fisheries, can only be sustained if waters remain healthy. Climate change poses an insidious existential threat to freshwater biodiversity in the Anthropocene, but immediate risks from dams, habitat degradation and pollution could well be far greater.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.002 PMID: 31593677
pubmed: 31593677
pii: S0960-9822(19)31014-0
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.002
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

R960-R967

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Auteurs

David Dudgeon (D)

Chair of Ecology & Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China. Electronic address: ddudgeon@hku.hk.

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Classifications MeSH

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questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes biologiques › Phénomènes écologiques et environnementaux › Processus climatiques › Changement climatique › Multiple threats imperil freshwater...
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