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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80180254 Title: Fish conservation : a guide to understanding and restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources Author: Gene S Helfman Publisher: Washington : Island Press, ©2007. ISBN/ISSN: 9781559635950 1559635959 9781559635967 1559635967 OCLC:80180254

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Fish conservation : a guide to understanding and restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources

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Fish conservation : a guide to understanding and restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources

Author:	Gene S Helfman
Publisher:	Washington : Island Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A reference with a global approach to marine and freshwater fish diversity and fishery resource issues. It brings together information on the decline and restoration of freshwater and marine fishes, Read more...
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Gene S Helfman Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781559635950 1559635959 9781559635967 1559635967
OCLC Number:	80180254
Description:	xiv, 584 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
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.
Responsibility:	Gene S. Helfman.
More information:	Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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"This work is unique because it deals globally with fish, rather than fisheries conservation ... Helfman writes in a disarmingly candid and often colorful style, and provides many case examples and Read more...

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