Spatial priorities for freshwater biodiversity conservation in light of catchment protection and connectivity in Europe

• Márton Szabolcs,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ELKH, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Tisza Research, Debrecen, Hungary

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9375-9937

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• Felícia Kapusi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ELKH, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Tisza Research, Debrecen, Hungary

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• Savrina Carrizo,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Global Species Programme, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Danijela Markovic,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany

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• Jörg Freyhof,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany

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• Núria Cid,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Barcelona, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Barcelona, Spain

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• Ana Cristina Cardoso,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Water Resources Unit, Ispra, Italy

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• Mathias Scholz,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UFZ − Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Hans D. Kasperidus,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UFZ − Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany

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• William R. T. Darwall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Global Species Programme, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Szabolcs Lengyel

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lengyel.szabolcs@ecolres.hu

  Affiliation ELKH, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Tisza Research, Debrecen, Hungary

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