Fish conservation : a guide to understanding and restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources /
by Helfman, Gene S.
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BookPublisher: Washington : Island Press, c2007Description: xiv, 584 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9781559635950 (cloth : alk. paper); 1559635959 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781559635967 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1559635967 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Fishes -- Conservation | Biodiversity conservationOnline resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 333.956 KIF Fisheries biology : | 333.956 KIF Fisheries biology : | 333.956 POF Fishery co-management : | 333.95611 HEF Fish conservation : | 333.95/611/0287 GUF Fish stock assessment : | 333.95/611/0287 GUF Fish stock assessment : | 333.95615 FIS Fisheries management in crisis / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-563) and indexes.
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.
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