Conservation of Freshwater Fishes (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Closs, Gerard P.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Freshwater fish are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, but are also amongst the most threatened. With contributions from leaders in the field, this is the first assessment of the global state of freshwater fish diversity, synthesising the opportunities, challenges and barriers facing the conservation of freshwater fish biodiversity. The book includes the first global assessment of the number, type and distribution of threatened freshwater fish species, discussing the features of freshwater fish biology and ecology that render so many species vulnerable to extinction. Introductory chapters on why freshwater fish are so sensitive to environmental change and disturbance lead into chapters providing detailed reviews of the key threatening processes and potential solutions. A concluding chapter summarises the key issues and looks to the future for opportunities and challenges for the conservation and management of freshwater fish.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316466971
• Artikelnr.: 44763718

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Lost fishes, who is counting? The extent
of the threat to freshwater fish biodiversity William R. T. Darwall and
Jörg Freyhof; 2. Why are freshwater fish so threatened? Gerard P. Closs,
Paul L. Angermeier, William R. T. Darwall and Stephen R. Balcombe; 3.
Climate change effects on freshwater fishes, conservation and management
Jani Heino, Jaakko Erkinaro, Ari Huusko and Miska Luoto; 4. Challenges and
opportunities for fish conservation in dam-impacted waters Julian D. Olden;
5. Chemical pollution Nathaniel L. Scholz and Jenifer K. McIntyre; 6.
Multiple stressor effects on freshwater fish: a review and meta-analysis
Christoph D. Matthaei and Katharina Lange; 7. Infectious disease and the
conservation of freshwater fish Martin Krkosek and Robert Poulin; 8.
Non-indigenous fishes and their role in freshwater fish imperilment M. Jake
Vander Zanden, Nicolas W. R. Lapointe and Michael P. Marchetti; 9. Riparian
management and the conservation of stream ecosystems and fishes Mark S.
Wipfli and John S. Richardson; 10. Fragmentation, connectivity and fish
species persistence in freshwater ecosystems Keith B. Gido, James E.
Whitney, Joshuah S. Perkin and Thomas F. Turner; 11. Conservation of
migratory fishes in freshwater ecosystems Peter B. McIntyre, Catherine
Reidy Liermann, Evan Childress, Ellen J. Hamann, J. Derek Hogan, Stephanie
R. Januchowski-Hartley, Aaron A. Koning, Thomas M. Neeson, Daniel L. Oele
and Brenda M. Pracheil; 12. Protecting apex predators Kirk O. Winemiller,
Paul Humphries and Bradley J. Pusey; 13. Artificial propagation of
freshwater fishes: benefits and risks to recipient ecosystems from
stocking, translocation, and re-introduction John Epifanio and Robin
Waples; 14. Freshwater conservation planning Virgilio Hermoso, Simon Linke,
Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley and Mark J. Kennard; 15. Sustainable
inland fisheries - perspectives from the recreational, commercial and
subsistence sectors from around the globe Steven J. Cooke, Vivian M.
Nguyen, John M. Dettmers, Robert Arlinghaus, Michael C. Quist, Denis
Tweddle, Olaf L. F. Weyl, Rajeev Raghavan, Marcela Portocarrero-Aya, Edwin
Agudelo Córdoba and Ian G. Cowx; 16. Understanding and conserving genetic
diversity in a world dominated by alien introductions and native transfers:
the case study of primary and peripheral freshwater fishes in
Southern-Europe Valerio Ketmaier and Pier Giorgio Bianco; 17. Maintaining
taxonomic skills: the decline of taxonomy - a threat to fish conservation
Maria J. Collares-Pereiram, Paul H. Skelton and Ian G. Cowx; 18. Synthesis
- what is the future of freshwater fishes? Gerard P. Closs, Martin Krkosek
and Julian D. Olden; Index.