Co-lead author, Dr Ellen Welti, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, USA 

Co-lead author of the winning article for Germany, Dr Ellen Welti from Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, USA, shares her thoughts on why taking on large collaborative research efforts pays off and creates hope for the future.
Winning article 'The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt' (Nature, 2023): www.nature.com...
Contributing authors: Ellen A. R. Welti, Diana E. Bowler, Nathan J. Baker, Núria Bonada, Sami Domisch, Jaime R. Garcia Marquez, Jani Heino, Daniel Hering, Sonja C. Jähnig, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Rachel Stubbington, Florian Altermatt, Mario Álvarez-Cabria, Giuseppe Amatulli, David G. Angeler, Gaït Archambaud-Suard, Iñaki Arrate Jorrín, Thomas Aspin, Iker Azpiroz, Iñaki Bañares, José Barquín Ortiz, Christian L. Bodin, Luca Bonacina, Roberta Bottarin, Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles, Zoltán Csabai, Thibault Datry, Elvira de Eyto, Alain Dohet, Gerald Dörflinger, Emma Drohan, Knut A. Eikland, Judy England, Tor E. Eriksen, Vesela Evtimova, Maria J. Feio, Martial Ferréol, Mathieu Floury, Maxence Forcellini, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Riccardo Fornaroli, Nikolai Friberg, Jean-François Fruget, Galia Georgieva, Peter Goethals, Manuel A. S. Graça, Wolfram Graf, Andy House, Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Thomas C. Jensen, Richard K. Johnson, J. Iwan Jones, Jens Kiesel, Lenka Kuglerová, Aitor Larrañaga, Patrick Leitner, Lionel L’Hoste, Marie-Helène Lizée, Armin W. Lorenz, Anthony Maire, Jesús Alberto Manzanos Arnaiz, Brendan G. McKie, Andrés Millán, Don Monteith, Timo Muotka, John F. Murphy, Davis Ozolins, Riku Paavola, Petr Paril, Francisco J. Peñas, Francesca Pilotto, Marek Polášek, Jes Jessen Rasmussen, Manu Rubio, David Sánchez-Fernández, Leonard Sandin, Ralf B. Schäfer, Alberto Scotti, Longzhu Q. Shen, Agnija Skuja, Stefan Stoll, Michal Straka, Henn Timm, Violeta G. Tyufekchieva, Iakovos Tziortzis, Yordan Uzunov, Gea H. van der Lee, Rudy Vannevel, Emilia Varadinova, Gábor Várbíró, Gaute Velle, Piet F. M. Verdonschot, Ralf C. M. Verdonschot, Yanka Vidinova, and Peter Wiberg-Larsen.