Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation

Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and...

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Main Author: Hawksworth, D. L.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bull, Alan T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
Series:Topics in biodiversity and conservation ; v. 4.
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Online Access:Full text (Wentworth users only).
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents Extinction of fen and bog plants and their habitats in Croatia
  • Floristic and ecological diversity of Ranunculus aquatic habitats in the sub-Atlantic range
  • Testing the higher-taxon approach
  • Aquatic plants diversity in arid zones of Northwest China
  • Red Data List of Charophytes in the Balkans
  • Seasonal changes in bird species diversity at the interface between forest and reed-bed
  • Plant-water regime management in a wetland
  • Population trends and calling phenology of anuran populations surveyed in Ontario
  • Diversity of anurans across agricultural ponds in Argentina
  • Species turnover
  • Small-scale biogeographical patterns in some groundwater Crustacea
  • Freshwater finfish biodiversity and conservation
  • The upper reached ichthyofauna of the Tietê River, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Captive breeding of endangered fish Chitala chitala (Hamilton-Buchanan)
  • Distinctive invertebrate assemblages in rockface seepages enhance lotic biodiversity
  • Rare, threatened and alien species in the gastropod communities.