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People need freshwater biodiversity

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water 2023 177 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 70 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.

Abigail J. Lynch, Steven J. Cooke, Abigail J. Lynch, Steven J. Cooke, Chris Dickens, David Tickner, Steven J. Cooke, Steven J. Cooke, Claudio Baigún, Julian D. Olden, Steven J. Cooke, S. J. Ormerod, Abigail J. Lynch, Angela H. Arthington, Julian D. Olden, Steven J. Cooke, S. J. Ormerod, S. J. Ormerod, Rajeev Raghavan Steven J. Cooke, S. J. Ormerod, David Tickner, Claudio Baigún, Ian Harrison, Steven J. Cooke, Steven J. Cooke, S. J. Ormerod, S. J. Ormerod, Ian Harrison, Lisa Bossenbroek, S. J. Ormerod, Margaret Awuor Owuor, Angela H. Arthington, Sonja C. Jähnig, S. J. Ormerod, Chris Dickens, Steven J. Cooke, Ian Harrison, S. J. Ormerod, Ismael A. Kimirei, Ian Harrison, Sonja C. Jähnig, Margaret Awuor Owuor, Julian D. Olden, Simone D. Langhans, Karen J. Murchie, Karen J. Murchie, S. J. Ormerod, Julian D. Olden, Michael J. Samways, Ian Harrison, S. J. Ormerod, Margaret Awuor Owuor, Rajeev Raghavan David Tickner, Abigail J. Lynch, Michael J. Samways, Ismael A. Kimirei, Steven J. Cooke, Rafaela Schinegger, Subodh Sharma, Ram Devi Tachamo‐Shah, Julian D. Olden, David Tickner, S. J. Ormerod, Denis Tweddle, Nathan Young, Nathan Young, Ram Devi Tachamo‐Shah, Sonja C. Jähnig, Rajeev Raghavan Rajeev Raghavan

Summary

This paper catalogs nine essential services that freshwater biodiversity provides to people, from food and clean water to climate regulation and cultural value. While not directly about microplastics, freshwater ecosystems are increasingly threatened by microplastic pollution, which can harm the aquatic organisms that provide these critical benefits to human communities.

Study Type Environmental

Abstract Freshwater biodiversity, from fish to frogs and microbes to macrophytes, provides a vast array of services to people. Mounting concerns focus on the accelerating pace of biodiversity loss and declining ecological function within freshwater ecosystems that continue to threaten these natural benefits. Here, we catalog nine fundamental ecosystem services that the biotic components of indigenous freshwater biodiversity provide to people, organized into three categories: material (food; health and genetic resources; material goods), non‐material (culture; education and science; recreation), and regulating (catchment integrity; climate regulation; water purification and nutrient cycling). If freshwater biodiversity is protected, conserved, and restored in an integrated manner, as well as more broadly appreciated by humanity, it will continue to contribute to human well‐being and our sustainable future via this wide range of services and associated nature‐based solutions to our sustainable future. This article is categorized under: Human Water > Value of Water Water and Life > Nature of Freshwater Ecosystems Science of Water > Water and Environmental Change

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