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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778146303321

Titolo

A practitioner's guide to freshwater biodiversity conservation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nicole Silk and Kristine Ciruna with contributions by David Allan ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2005

ISBN

1-59726-619-1

1-4294-9789-0

Edizione

[Reprint ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SilkNicole

CirunaKristine

Disciplina

333.95/2816

Soggetti

Freshwater biodiversity conservation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Boulder, Colo. : Nature Conservancy,  c2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

About Island Press / About The Nature Conservancy; Title Page; Copyrights Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments: The Development of A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation; Ch. 1: The Global Challenge of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation; The Freshwater Crisis: Why Should We Care?; Our Challenge; Ch. 2: Freshwater Fundamentals: Watersheds, Freshwater Ecosystems and Freshwater Biodiversity; Watershed Form and Function; Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Variability; Freshwater Biodiversity; Ch. 3: Focusing Freshwater Conservation Efforts

What Biodiversity Should Be Conserved and Where Should it be Conserved?How Can the Biodiversity be Most Effectively Conserved?; Integrating Regional and Conservation Area Planning; Ch. 4: Understanding Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity and Developing Effective Conservation Strategies; Introduction; Water Use and Management; Dams; Surface Water Diversions; Altered Bed and Bank Structure; Groundwater Exploitation; Land Use and Management; Agriculture; Urbanization and Industrialization; Forestry; Mining; Recreation; Overharvesting and Fisheries Management; Invasive Alien Species

Ch. 5: Measuring Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation SuccessDesigning a Freshwater Monitoring Program: Purposes,



Priorities, and Indicators; Designing a Freshwater Monitoring Program: Crucial Components of a Monitoring Program; Key to Conservation Success - Monitoring Within an Adaptive Management Framework; Appendices; Appendix A - Ecological Characteristics of Freshwater Ecosystem Type; Appendix B - Indicators of Freshwater Ecological Integrity; Contributors; Index