Christian Lévêque

TL;DR: This article explores the special features of freshwater habitats and the biodiversity they support that makes them especially vulnerable to human activities and advocates continuing attempts to check species loss but urges adoption of a compromise position of management for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem functioning and resilience, and human livelihoods.

TL;DR: An exceptionally high faunal diversity occurs in ancient lakes, where one of the most noteworthy features is the existence of radiations of species that apparently result from intra-lacustrine speciation.

TL;DR: The diversity and distribution of vertebrates, insects, crustaceans, molluscs and a suite of minor phyla is compared and commented upon and it is shown that data are deficient for many other groups.

TL;DR: A broad array of other anthropogenic factors, such as land cover change, engineering of river channels, irrigation and other consumptive losses, aquatic habitat disappearance, and pollution, also influences the water system in direct and important ways.

TL;DR: This book discusses the diversity and variability of freshwater ecosystems in tropical Africa, the role of fish biodiversity, and the threats to fish biodiversity.