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Title Conservation of freshwater fishes : options for the future / edited by M.J. Collares-Pereira, I.G. Cowx and M.M. Coelho
Published Oxford : Fishing News, 2002

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Description x, 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents Foreword / B. Delpeuch -- 1. Freshwater fish diversity in Germany, threats and species extinction / J. Freyhof -- 2. Status and protection of species and intraspecific diversity of the ichthyofauna in the Czech Republic / S. Lusk, V. Luskova and K. Halacka / [et al.] -- 3. The status of threatened freshwater fishes in Estonia / T. Saat, R. Jarvekulg and R. Eschbaum / [et al.] -- 4. Status of the freshwater fishes and lampreys in Slovenia / M. Povz -- 5. Freshwater fishes of Peloponnese (Greece): distribution, ecology and threats / R. Barbieri, A. N. Economou and M. Th. Stoumboudi / [et al.] -- 6. The ichthyofauna of the small Mediterranean-type drainages of Portugal: its importance for conservation / N. Mesquita and M. M. Coelho -- 7. Conservation of salmonid fishes in Austria: current status and future strategies / S. Weiss, F. Uiblein and A. Jagsch -- 8. Biology of rare and endangered non-migratory fish species: problems and constraints / P. S. Economidis -- 9. Conservation needs of Sandelia bainsii, an endangered African anabantid / J. A. Cambray -- 10. Aspects of the ecology, parasites and future conservation of twaite shad, Alosa fallax, and allis shad, Alosa alosa, in south-eastern Ireland / D. Doherty and T. K. McCarthy -- 11. Growth characteristics of an anadromous and a landlocked population of allis shad, Alosa alosa, from the River Mondego, Portugal / L. S. Gordo -- 12. Larval habitat of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the River Mondego (Portugal) / P. R. Almeida and B. R. Quintella -- 13. Life history and feeding ecology of a captive population of the endangered Valencia toothcarp, Valencia hispanica / N. Caiola and A. De Sostoa -- 14. From the protection of sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, to river management in general / G. Pustelnik, O. Guerri and M. Lepage -- 15. A conservation strategy for Zingel asper, a threatened endemic percid of the Rhone Basin / S. Mari, J. Labonne and P. Gaudin -- 16. Integrated approach to the conservation and restoration of Danube salmon, Hucho hucho, populations in Austria / S. Schmutz, A. Zitek and S. Zobl / [et al.] -- 17. Romanichthys valsanicola, a highly threatened species from the Danube River Basin in Romania / P. Banarescu -- 18. Aspects of the reproduction and early life history of Ladigesocypris ghigii, a freshwater fish species endemic to Rhodes Island (Greece): implementation to conservation / M. Th. Stoumboudi, R. Barbieri and M. Corsini-Foka / [et al.] -- 19. A conservation strategy for Anaecypris hispanica: a picture of LIFE for a highly endangered Iberian fish / M. J. Collares-Pereira, I. G. Cowx and J. A. Rodrigues / [et al.] -- 20. Analysis of threats to freshwater fish conservation: past and present challenges / I. G. Cowx -- 21. An overview of the challenges of conserving freshwater fishes in South Africa / P. H. Skelton -- 22. Tropical forest degradation and aquatic ecosystems: our current state of knowledge / L. J. Chapman and C. A. Chapman -- 23. Heavy metals as a threat for restored fish populations in a lowland river / L. Bervoets, M. Lodts and K. Van Campenhout / [et al.] -- 24. A screening of roach, Rutilus rutilus, populations for oestrogenic effects in Flanders, Belgium / K. Van Campenhout, W. M. De Coen and G. Vandenbergh / [et al.] -- 25. Species introductions to two English lake fish communities of high conservation value: a 10-year study / I. J. Winfield, J. M. Fletcher and J. B. James -- 26. Changes in the Iberian nase, Chondrostoma willkommii, population in the Guadalete River (Spain) following impoundment / A. Rodriguez-Ruiz, L. Encina and C. Granado-Lorencio -- 27. Conservation of freshwater fishes: integrating evolution and genetics with ecology / C. Moritz, K. McGuigan and L. Bernatchez -- 28. Hybridogenous biotypes in spined loaches (genus Cobitis) in Germany with implications for conservation / J. Bohlen, P. Rab and V. Slechtova / [et al.] -- 29. RAPD markers as diagnostic keys for Cyprinidae identification: implications for conservation management / C. Callejas and M. D. Ochando -- 30. Contribution of molecular studies to the management of Anaecypris hispanica / M. M. Coelho, P. Salgueiro and M. J. Alves / [et al.] -- 31. Effects of fishery management on populations of brown trout, Salmo trutta, in central Spain / A. Almodovar, G. G. Nicola and J. Suarez -- 32. Proposals for the reassessment of threatened status of freshwater fishes in France / H. Persat and P. Keith -- 33. Connecting science to management and policy in freshwater fish conservation / G. K. Meffe -- 34. The role of protected areas in freshwater fish conservation / A. J. Crivelli -- 35. The role of legislation, institutions and policy making in fish conservation in Switzerland: past, present and future challenges / A. Kirchhofer -- 36. The role of aquaculture in fish conservation: a case study of Barbus barbus in Belgium / P. Poncin and J. C. Philippart -- 37. The role of scientists in creating public awareness for the conservation of fish species: African and American case studies / J. A. Cambray and E. P. Pister -- 38. How far could a monitoring programme contribute to species conservation? An example of the nase, Chondrostoma nasus, in Switzerland / D. Hefti -- 39. A conservation plan for the unique and highly threatened freshwater fishes of the Cape Floral Kingdom / N. D. Impson, I. R. Bills and J. A. Cambray -- 40. Freshwater fish conservation: options for the future / I. G. Cowx and M. J. Collares-Pereira
Notes Selected papers from an international symposium on Freshwater Fish Conservation : Options for the Future held in Oct./Nov. 2000, Algarve, Portugal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Fishes -- Conservation -- Congresses.
Fish habitat improvement -- Congresses.
Freshwater fishes -- Ecology -- Congresses.
Freshwater fishes -- Conservation.
Freshwater fishes -- Ecology.
Rare fishes.
Freshwater fishes.
Fishes -- Conservation.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Cowx, I. G. (Ian G.)
Collares-Pereira, Maria João, 1952-
Coelho, M. M. (Manuela M.)
LC no. 2004351310
ISBN 0852382863 :