Freshwater Biodiversity: Status, Threats and Conservation

ISBN-13: 9780521745192 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 514 str.

David Dudgeon

Opis

Fresh waters are disproportionately rich in species, and represent global hotspots of biodiversity. However, they are also hotspots of endangerment.

Recenzje

'In Freshwater Biodiversity, Dudgeon presents an impressive compilation of the status, threats, and prospects of the Earth's freshwater biodiversity that will be of great use for professionals or students interested in freshwater conservation … readers interested in the freshwater conservation crisis will find this volume a valuable resource.' Windsor E. Aguirre, The Quarterly Review of Biology

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The freshwater commons; 2. Global endangerment of freshwater biodiversity; 3. Overexploitation; 4. Alien species and their effects; 5. River regulation: impacts and mitigation; 6. Vanishing lakes and threats to lacustrine biodiversity; 7. How will climate change affect freshwater biodiversity?; 8. Ecosystem services and incentivizing conservation of freshwater biodiversity; 9. Conservation of freshwater biodiversity: opportunities and initiatives; Index.