03379nam 22005534a 450 991077814630332120230617005255.01-59726-619-11-4294-9789-0(CKB)1000000000477669(EBL)3317410(OCoLC)923187149(SSID)ssj0000226106(PQKBManifestationID)11174196(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226106(PQKBWorkID)10257396(PQKB)11688211(MiAaPQ)EBC3317410(Au-PeEL)EBL3317410(CaPaEBR)ebr10161050(EXLCZ)99100000000047766920050623e20052004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA practitioner's guide to freshwater biodiversity conservation[electronic resource] /edited by Nicole Silk and Kristine Ciruna with contributions by David Allan ... [et al.]Reprint ed.Washington, DC Island Pressc20051 online resource (404 p.)Originally published: Boulder, Colo. : Nature Conservancy, c2004.1-59726-044-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 EffortsWhat 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 SpeciesCh. 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; IndexFreshwater biodiversity conservationFreshwater biodiversity conservation.333.95/2816Silk Nicole1507701Ciruna Kristine1507702MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778146303321A practitioner's guide to freshwater biodiversity conservation3738649UNINA