An assessment of time series of riverine fish communities from several continents finds positive trends in abundance and richness but also strong changes in community composition, driven in part by increased proportions of non-native species.
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Outhwaite, C.L. Under the hood of trends in riverine fish. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 364–365 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02328-5
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