@article{fdi:010055910,
  title = {{B}iodiversity under threat in glacier-fed river systems},
  author = {{J}acobsen, {D}. and {M}ilner, {A}. {M}. and {B}rown, {L}. {E}. and {D}angles, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}reshwater biodiversity is under threat across the globe(1), with climate change being a significant contributor(2,3). {O}ne impact of climate change is the rapid shrinking of glaciers(4), resulting in a reduction in glacial meltwater contribution to river flow in many glacierized catchments(5,6). {T}hese changes potentially affect the biodiversity of specialized glacier-fed river communities(7). {P}erhaps surprisingly then, although freshwater biodiversity is a major conservation priority(3), the effects of shrinkage and disappearance of glaciers on river biodiversity have hitherto been poorly quantified. {H}ere we focus on macroinvertebrates (mainly insect larvae) and demonstrate that local (alpha) and regional (gamma) diversity, as well as turnover among reaches (beta-diversity), will be consistently reduced by the shrinkage of glaciers. {W}e show that 11-38% of the regional species pools, including endemics, can be expected to be lost following complete disappearance of glaciers in a catchment, and steady shrinkage is likely to reduce taxon turnover in proglacial river systems and local richness at downstream reaches where glacial cover in the catchment is less than 5-30%. {O}ur analysis demonstrates not only the vulnerability of local biodiversity hotspots but also that extinction will probably greatly exceed the few known endemic species in glacier-fed rivers.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {C}limate {C}hange},
  volume = {2},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {361--364},
  ISSN = {1758-678{X}},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1038/nclimate1435},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055910},
}