Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation (Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation Book 4)

Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and a dramatic change-induced decrease in the plankton that cod larvae feed on. Meanwhile, coral reefs remain especially vulnerable to rapid sea-level changes exacerbated by the effects of tourism and disease. This book gathers together a wide range of papers reporting on key research into the biodiversity conservation of these critical and increasingly threatened habitats. Collectively these papers provide a snap-shot of the types of problems they are experiencing, and offer a wealth of topical examples which render this volume especially valuable to teachers of courses in marine, freshwater and wetlands ecology, biological conservation and ecological restoration. Reprinted from __Biodiversity and Conservation__ 15:11 (2006). Front Matter....Pages I-VI Introduction....Pages 1-2 Extinction of fen and bog plants and their habitats in Croatia....Pages 3-13 Floristic and ecological diversity of Ranunculus aquatic habitats in the sub-Atlantic range: implications for conservation....Pages 15-32 Testing the higher-taxon approach: a case study of aquatic marcophytes in China’s northwest arid zone and its implications for conservation....Pages 33-48 Aquatic plants diversity in arid zones of Northwest China: patterns, threats and conservation....Pages 49-76 Red Data List of Charophytes in the Balkans....Pages 77-89 Seasonal changes in bird species diversity at the interface between forest and reed-bed....Pages 91-99 Plant-water regime management in a wetland: consequences for a floating vegetation-nesting bird, whiskered tern Chlidonias hybridus ....Pages 101-112 Population trends and calling phenology of anuran populations surveyed in Ontario estimated using acoustic surveys....Pages 113-129 Diversity of anurans across agricultural ponds in Argentina....Pages 131-145 Species turnover: the case of stream amphibians of rainforests in the Western Ghats, southern India....Pages 147-157 Small-scale biogeographical patterns in some groundwater Crustacea, the syncarid, Parabathynellidae.....Pages 159-173 Freshwater finfish biodiversity and conservation: an asian perspective....Pages 175-200 The upper reached ichthyofauna of the Tietê River, São Paulo, Brazil: aspects of their diversity and conservation....Pages 201-209 Captive breeding of endangered fish Chitala chitala (Hamilton-Buchanan) for species conservation and sustainable utilization....Pages 211-221 Distinctive invertebrate assemblages in rockface seepages enhance lotic biodiversity in northern New Zealand....Pages 223-248 Rare, threatened and alien species in the gastropod communities in the clay pit ponds in relation to the environmental factors (The Ciechanowska Upland, Central Poland)....Pages 249-267 Littoral mollusc communities and water quality in southern Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada....Pages 269-284 Coral diversity across a disturbance gradient in the Pulau Seribu reef complex off Jakarta, Indonesia....Pages 285-306 Biological characterisation of a subtidal tunnel in São Miguel island (Azores)....Pages 307-316 Faunal change and bathymetric diversity gradient in deep-sea prosobranchs from Northeastern Atlantic....Pages 317-334 Distribution and abundance of marine turtles in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam....Pages 335-352 Invertebrate infestation on eggs and hatchlings of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta , in Dalaman, Turkey....Pages 353-362 Marine sponges of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia: patterns of species distributions, abundance and diversity....Pages 363-382 Effects of habitat alteration caused by petrochemical activities and oil spills on the habitat use and interspecific relationships among four species of Afrotropical freshwater turtles....Pages 383-399 Back Matter....Pages 401-401

Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and a dramatic change-induced decrease in the plankton that cod larvae feed on. Meanwhile, coral reefs remain especially vulnerable to rapid sea-level changes exacerbated by the effects of tourism and disease.

This book gathers together a wide range of papers reporting on key research into the biodiversity conservation of these critical and increasingly threatened habitats. Collectively these papers provide a snap-shot of the types of problems they are experiencing, and offer a wealth of topical examples which render this volume especially valuable to teachers of courses in marine, freshwater and wetlands ecology, biological conservation and ecological restoration.

Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, through exploitation, and also by climate change, as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. This book gathers papers on the biodiversity conservation of these increasingly threatened habitats. The papers provide a snapshot of the problems they face, and offer numerous examples which render this volume valuable to educators in marine, freshwater and wetlands ecology, conservation and ecological restoration.