“…To highlight the complex ways in which anthropogenic disturbance impacts fish communities and their subsequent response, we have selected three of the most widespread anthropogenic stressors, eutrophication, land use change and the introduction of non‐native fish. Readers are referred to the following for details on other disturbances on fish in lakes: climate change (Jeppesen et al ., 2010, 2012; Sharma et al ., 2011; Chu, Mandrak & Minns, 2005; Heino, Virkkala & Toivonen, 2009; Ficke, Myrick & Hansen, 2007; Hansen et al ., 2018), hydroelectric impoundments (Liermann et al ., 2012; Han et al ., 2008; Jellyman & Harding, 2012; Mattocks, Hall & Jordaan, 2017; Rytwinski et al ., 2017; Turgeon, Turpin & Gregory‐Eaves, 2019), pollutants (Lemly, 2002; Javed & Usmani, 2019; Johnson, 1968; Javed & Usmani, 2015), over‐exploitation (Allan et al ., 2005; Beeton, 2002; Ogutu‐Ohwayo, 1990; Smith, 1968) and fish aquaculture activities (Rennie et al ., 2019; Jia, Zhang & Liu, 2013; Legaspi et al ., 2015; Phillips, Beveridge & Ross, 1985). Freshwater fish life histories are complex with different life stages sometimes existing in different aquatic environments, e.g.…”