Freshwater ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar : a conservation assessment /

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Essay 5.1: Safeguarding Human Health, Safeguarding Aquatic Snail Diversity: Conflicting Goals? -- Ch. 6: Africa's Freshwater Systems and Their Future -- Who's Watching the Water -- Conservation Planning in Ecoregions and River Basins -- Visionary Work in Freshwater Ecoregions and River Bas...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thieme, Michele L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Biodiversity conservation > Africa.
Ecological regions > Africa.
Freshwater ecology > Africa.
Biodiversity conservation > Madagascar.
Ecological regions > Madagascar.
Freshwater ecology > Madagascar.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Afrique.
Écorégions > Afrique.
Écologie d'eau douce > Afrique.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Madagascar.
Écorégions > Madagascar.
Écologie d'eau douce > Madagascar.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Biodiversity conservation
Ecological regions
Freshwater ecology
Africa
Madagascar
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About Island Press
  • Title Page
  • Copyrights Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Special Essays
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Boxes
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Ch. 1: Introduction
  • The Evolution and Diversity of Africa's Freshwater Systems
  • Threats
  • Structure of the Book
  • Essay 1.1: Contribution of Inland Fisheries to Rural Livelihoods and Food Security in Africa: an Overview
  • Essay 1.2: The Economic Value of Africa's Wetlands
  • Essay 1.3: Dragonflies: Sensitive Indicators of Freshwater Health
  • Ch. 2: Approach.
  • Geographic Scope of the Study
  • Ecoregions and Bioregions
  • Freshwater Habitat Types
  • Conceptual Foundations
  • Elements of Analysis: Biological Distinctiveness and Conservation Staus Indexes
  • Integrating Biological Distinctiveness and Conservation Status
  • Ch. 3: Biological Distinctiveness of African Ecoregions
  • Africa and Madagascar's Fresh Waters: Teeming wiht Life
  • Species Biological Values
  • Combining Species Richness and Endemism: Preliminary Biological Distinctiveness
  • Nonspecies Biological Values
  • Synthesis of Biological Distinctiveness Data
  • Conclusions.
  • Essay 3.1: Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in the Congo Basin
  • Essay 3.2: Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in the Congo Basin
  • Essay 3.3: Baseline Fish Biodiversity Surveys: African Wildlife Foundations Experiences from the Zambezi River, Southern Africa
  • Essay 3.4: Cichlid Species Flocks in Small Cameroonian Lakes
  • Essay 3.5: The Niger Delta in Nigeria: A Hotspot and a Crossroad for Freshwater Fish Biodiversity
  • Essay 3.6: Madagascar's Freshwater Fishes: An Imperiled Treasure
  • Ch. 4: Reversing the Flow: Conservation Status of Africa's Freshwater Ecoregions
  • Snapshot Conservation Status.
  • Future Threat Assessment
  • Final Conservation Status
  • Essay 4.1: Invasive Alien Species in African Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Essay 4.2: Impacts of Fishing on Inland Fish Populations in Africa
  • Essay 4.3: Climate Change, Human Water Use, and Freshwater Ecosystems in Africa: Looking toward the Future
  • Ch. 5: Setting Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation among Africa's Freshwater Ecoregion
  • The Priority-Setting Matrix
  • Integrating Biological Importance and Conservation Status Indexes: Where to Act First
  • Priority Ecoregions
  • Comparison with Other Priority-Setting Exercises.

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