Fish conservation : a guide to understanding and restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources /
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Washington :
Island Press,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Introduction
- ch. 1. Fish biodiversity and why it should matter
- Pt. II. Imperiled fishes : taxonomy, geography, and vulnerability
- ch. 2. Roll call I : a taxonomic perspective
- ch. 3. Roll call II : a geopolitical perspective
- ch. 4. Characteristics of vulnerable species and correlates of imperilment
- Pt. III. Indirect causes of decline : habitat, water, and introductions
- ch. 5. Habitat modification and loss
- ch. 6. Dams, impoundments, and other hydrological alterations
- ch. 7. Degraded water quality
- ch. 8. Alien species I : case histories, mechanisms, and levels of impact
- ch. 9. Alien species II : understanding the process, minimizing the impact
- Pt. IV. Direct causes of decline : fishes as commodities
- ch. 10. Fishes versus fisheries I : overfishing
- ch. 11. Fishes versus fisheries II : behavior, life history evolution, and ecosystems
- ch. 12. Coral reefs, fishes, and fisheries : exploitation in fragile ecosystems
- ch. 13. The trade in live fishes
- ch. 14. The promise of aquaculture and hatcheries
- Pt. V. Asking hard questions, sorting out answers
- ch. 15. The ethics of exploitation and intervention : do we have the right?
- ch. 16. Future perspectives : beyond gloom and doom?
- Appendix. Probable fish extinctions.