ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This manuscript is a contribution of the Alliance for Freshwater Life (www.allianceforfreshwaterlife.org). The authors would like to thank Nick Bond, Lisa Bossenbroek, Lekima Copeland, Ian Harrison, Dean Jacobsen, Maria Cecilia LondoƱo, David Lopez, Jaime Ricardo Garcia Marquez, Ketlhatlogile Mosepele, Marlene Paetzig, Nunia Thomas-Moko, Qiwei Wei, and the authors of the Living Waters: A Research Agenda for the Biodiversity of Inland and Coastal Waters for their contribution.