ArticleAmbio2020
Water diversion in Brazil threatens biodiversity.
Article in Ambio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Seasonal Variations in Microbial Community Structure and Function in the Waters Along the Yangtze-to-Huaihe Water Diversion Project According to Metagenomics.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- The Impact Mechanism of Inter-Basin Water Transfer on Fish Assemblages Was Revealed Using a Model of Terminal Reservoirs.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Deciphering Planktonic Bacterial Community Assembly in the Storage Reservoir of the Long-Distance Water Diversion Project.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Drivers of richness and abundance of parasites of fishes from an intermittent river before and after an interbasin water transfer in the Brazilian semi-arid region.Parasitology research · 2024Article
- Ecological impacts and supply demand evolution of the Yangtze to Huaihe water transfer project in Anhui section.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin.Environmental management · 2021Article
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Abstract
Construction of water diversions is a common response to the increasing demands for freshwater, often resulting in benefits to communities but with the risk of multiple environmental, economic, and social impacts. Water-diversion projects can favor massive introductions and accelerate biotic homogenization. This study provides empirical evidence on the consequences of a proposed law intended to divert water from two large and historically isolated river basins in Brazil: Tocantins to São Francisco. Compositional similarity (CS) and β-diversity were quantified encompassing aquatic organisms: mollusks, zooplankton, crustaceans, insects, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and plants. For CS we (i) considered only native species, and (ii) simulated the introduction of non-natives and assumed the extinction of threatened species due to this water-diversion project. We highlight the environmental risks of such large-scale projects, which are expected to cause impacts on biodiversity linked to bioinvasion and homogenization, and we recommend alternatives in order to solve water-demand conflicts.
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