Fish conservation : a guide to understanding and restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources / Gene S. Helfman.
Publication details: Washington : Island Press, c2007.Description: xiv, 584 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN:- 9781559635950 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1559635959 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781559635967 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1559635967 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 333.95/611 22
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Contents: . I. Introduction --
ch. 1. Fish biodiversity and why it should matter --3
pt. II. Imperiled fishes : taxonomy, geography, and vulnerability --
ch. 2. Roll call I : a taxonomic perspective --19
ch. 3. Roll call II : a geopolitical perspective --49
ch. 4. Characteristics of vulnerable species and correlates of imperilment --75
pt. III. Indirect causes of decline : habitat, water, and introductions --
ch. 5. Habitat modification and loss --97
ch. 6. Dams, impoundments, and other hydrological alterations --130
ch. 7. Degraded water quality --158
ch. 8. Alien species I : case histories, mechanisms, and levels of impact --200
ch. 9. Alien species II : understanding the process, minimizing the impact --223
pt. IV. Direct causes of decline : fishes as commodities --334
ch. 10. Fishes versus fisheries I : overfishing --253
ch. 11. Fishes versus fisheries II : behavior, life history evolution, and ecosystems --304
ch. 12. Coral reefs, fishes, and fisheries : exploitation in fragile ecosystems --334
ch. 13. The trade in live fishes --365
ch. 14. The promise of aquaculture and hatcheries --407
pt. V. Asking hard questions, sorting out answers --
ch. 15. The ethics of exploitation and intervention : do we have the right? --441
ch. 16. Future perspectives : beyond gloom and doom? --455
Appendix. Probable fish extinctions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-563) and indexes.
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