@article{fdi:010058198, title = {{F}ish-{SPRICH} : a database of freshwater fish species richness throughout the {W}orld}, author = {{B}rosse, {S}. and {B}eauchard, {O}. and {B}lanchet, {S}. and {D}urr, {H}. {H}. and {G}renouillet, {G}. and {H}ugueny, {B}ernard and {L}auzeral, {C}. and {L}eprieur, {F}. and {T}edesco, {P}ablo and {V}illeger, {S}. and {O}berdorff, {T}hierry}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}here is growing interest in large-scale approaches to ecology, for both plants and animals. {I}n particular, macroecological studies enable examination of the patterns and determinants of species richness of a variety of groups of organism throughout the world, which might have important implications for prediction and mitigation of the consequences of global change. {H}ere, we provide richness data for freshwater fishes, which, with more than 13,000 described species, comprise a quarter of all vertebrate species. {W}e conducted an extensive literature survey of native, non-native (exotic), and endemic freshwater fish species richness. {T}he resulting database, called {F}ish-{SPRICH}, contains data from more than 400 bibliographic sources including published papers, books, and grey literature sources. {F}ish-{SPRICH} contains richness values at the river basin grain for 1,054 river basins covering more than 80% of the earth's continental surface. {T}his database is currently the most comprehensive global database of native, non-native and endemic freshwater fish richness available at the river basin grain.}, keywords = {{G}lobal extent ; {R}iver drainage basin ; {F}ishes ; {N}ative ; {N}on-native ; {E}ndemic}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{H}ydrobiologia}, volume = {700}, numero = {1}, pages = {343--349}, ISSN = {0018-8158}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1007/s10750-012-1242-6}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058198}, }