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Title Assessing the conservation value of fresh waters : an international perspective / edited by Philip J. Boon and Catherine M. Pringle.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.952816 As74 2009    ---  Available
Description x, 293 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Series Ecology, biodiversity and conservation
Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.
Contents Background, philosophy and context / Philip J. Boon and Catherine M. Pringle -- Freshwater conservation in action: contrasting approaches in the USA and the UK / Catherine M. Pringle and David Withrington -- So much to do, so little time: identifying priorities for freshwater biodiversity conservation in the USA and Britain / Jonathan Higgins and Catherine Duigan -- Responding to environmental threats within the UK and North America / Christopher A. Frissell and Colin W. Bean -- Evaluating restoration potential / T. E. L. Langford and C. A. Frissell -- Methods for assessing the conservation value of rivers / Philip J. Boon and Mary Freeman -- Methods for assessing the conservation value of lakes / Laurie Duker and Margaret Palmer -- System Aqua : a Swedish system for assessing nature conservation values of fresh waters / Eva Willen -- Evaluating Australian fresh waters for nature conservation / Jon Nevill and Andrew Boulton -- Evaluating fresh waters in South Africa / Jay O'Keeffe and Christa Thirion -- Evaluating fresh waters in developing countries / Robin Abell and Mark Bryer.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Freshwater biodiversity conservation.
Freshwater ecology.
Added Author Boon, P. J.
Pringle, Catherine M.
ISBN 9780521848855
9780521613224 (pbk.)
0521848857
0521613221 (pbk.)
Standard No. CDX 8425558
CDX 8426282
BWX R4783042
AU@ 000043174076
BWK L2813786
BWK L4813785
AU@ 000044099680
NLGGC 319407217

 
    
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