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Ecosystem services generated by Neotropical freshwater fishes

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To understand how Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFF) benefit society, we conducted a broad literature survey to (i) map and list the ecosystem services (ES) generated by these organisms, and (ii) investigate how human activities have affected the ecosystem service chain. We found sound evidence that NFF contribute directly and indirectly to the generation of several provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services. Provisioning services have been widely recognized, especially those related to fisheries, but this class also included ornamental fish, genetic pools, medicines, aquaculture, and bioindicators. Other services remain less understood and largely ignored by society. Regulating services included seed dispersal, decomposition, and top-down control, while supporting services included nutrient cycling, habitat quality, and ecosystem engineering. Cultural services associated with NFF included recreational fishing, tourism, fishkeeping, education, production of scientific knowledge, in addition to values linked to traditional communities, such as local knowledge, cosmology, and existential foundations. Human activities have negatively impacted the generation of ES, especially those related to fishing and food provisioning. This review indicates that Neotropical fishes benefit society in multiple ways, but it is imperative to improve our understanding about those benefits, and to increase conservation efforts directed to this important component of global biodiversity.

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The authors thank their respective institutions for providing infrastructure and support. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) provided research funds to F. M. Pelicice (#312256/2020-5), L. C. Gomes (#304403/2021-0), C. S. Pavanelli (# 308777/2019-0), P. S. Pompeu (#303548/2017-7), L. M. Sousa (#311148/2020-4), J. Zuanon (# 313183/2014-7), and R. E. Reis (#306455/2014-5). FAP-DF provided research funds to E. Bessa (#2452018).

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    Fernando M. Pelicice

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil

    Angelo Antonio Agostinho

  3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Ecologia e Conservação (PPGBec), Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Porto Nacional, TO, Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

  4. Faculdade Eduvale de Avaré, Avaré, SP, Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

  5. Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia and Laboratório de Biologia Pesqueira e Manejo dos Recursos Aquáticos, Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

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    Eduardo Bessa

  7. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São José Do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil

    Lilian Casatti

  8. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias do Vale do Ribeira, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Registro, SP, Brazil

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  9. Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

    Luiz Carlos Gomes & Carla S. Pavanelli

  10. Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, RJ, Brazil

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  11. Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil

    Paulo dos Santos Pompeu

  12. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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    Fábio Silveira Vilella

  18. Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil

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Pelicice, F.M., Agostinho, A.A., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. et al. Ecosystem services generated by Neotropical freshwater fishes. Hydrobiologia 850, 2903–2926 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-04986-7

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