Conservation of Freshwater Fishes

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139627085

Freshwater fish are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, but are also amongst the most threatened. With contributions from leaders in the field, this is the first assessment of the global state of freshwater fish diversity, synthesising the opportunities, challenges and barriers facing the conservation of freshwater fish biodiversity. The book includes the first global assessment of the number, type and distribution of threatened freshwater fish species, discussing the features of freshwater fish biology and ecology that render so many species vulnerable to extinction. Introductory chapters on why freshwater fish are so sensitive to environmental change and disturbance lead into chapters providing detailed reviews of the key threatening processes and potential solutions. A concluding chapter summarises the key issues and looks to the future for opportunities and challenges for the conservation and management of freshwater fish.

'It is not often that I moved to write that a book is excellently and authoritatively writtenand edited throughout, but this is one of those rare occasions … I unhesitatingly recommend this book to anyone involved with freshwater fish conservation in any capacity. … The excellent reviews and thoughts presented here will certainly bring such readers rapidly up to speed on the current state of freshwater fish conservation around the world. Finally, this book also lends itself to adoption as a teaching text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate classes, with all but the last chapter ending with a series of discussion questions which would serve well as tutorial, essay and even examination subjects!'

Ian J. Winfield Source: Journal of Fish Biology

- Aa Reduce text
- Aa Enlarge text

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Contents
pp vii-xii
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

List of contributors
pp xiii-xvi
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Preface
pp xvii-xviii
- By Gerry Closs, University of Otago, New Zealand, Julian Olden, University of Washington, Martin Krkosek, University of Toronto
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

1 - Lost fishes, who is counting? The extent of the threat to freshwater fish biodiversity
pp 1-36
- By William R. T. Darwall, Global Species Programme, IUCN, Jörg Freyhof, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

2 - Why are freshwater fish so threatened?
pp 37-75
- By Gerard P. Closs, University of Otago, Paul L. Angermeier, Virginia Tech, William R. T. Darwall, Global Species Programme, IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature), Stephen R. Balcombe, Griffith University
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

3 - Climate change effects on freshwater fishes, conservation and management
pp 76-106
- By Jani Heino, University of Oulu, Jaakko Erkinaro, Natural Resources Institute, Finland, Ari Huusko, Natural Resources Institute, Finland, Miska Luoto, University of Helsinki
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

4 - Challenges and opportunities for fish conservation in dam-impacted waters
pp 107-148
- By Julian D. Olden, University of Washington
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

5 - Chemical pollution
pp 149-177
- By Nathaniel L. Scholz, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Jenifer K. McIntyre, Washington State University
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

6 - Multiple stressor effects on freshwater fish: a review and meta-analysis
pp 178-214
- By Christoph D. Matthaei, University of Otago, Katharina Lange, EAWAG Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

7 - Infectious disease and the conservation of freshwater fish
pp 215-237
- By Martin Krkosek, University of Toronto, Robert Poulin, University of Otago
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

8 - Non-indigenous fishes and their role in freshwater fish imperilment
pp 238-269
- By M. Jake Vander Zanden, University of Wisconsin, Nicolas W. R. Lapointe, The Nature Conservancy of Canada, Michael P. Marchetti, St. Mary's College of California
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

9 - Riparian management and the conservation of stream ecosystems and fishes
pp 270-291
- By Mark S. Wipfli, University of Alaska Fairbanks, John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

10 - Fragmentation, connectivity and fish species persistence in freshwater ecosystems
pp 292-323
- By Keith B. Gido, Kansas State University, James E. Whitney, Pittsburgh State University, Joshuah S. Perkin, Tennessee Tech University, Thomas F. Turner, University of New Mexico
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

11 - Conservation of migratory fishes in freshwater ecosystems
pp 324-360
- By Peter B. McIntyre, University of Wisconsin, Catherine Reidy Liermann, University of Wisconsin, Evan Childress, University of Wisconsin, Ellen J. Hamann, University of Wisconsin, J. Derek Hogan, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Aaron A. Koning, University of Wisconsin, Thomas M. Neeson, University of Wisconsin, Daniel L. Oele, University of Wisconsin, Brenda M. Pracheil, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

12 - Protecting apex predators
pp 361-398
- By Kirk O. Winemiller, Texas A&M University, Paul Humphries, Charles Sturt University, Bradley J. Pusey, University of Western Australia
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

13 - Artificial propagation of freshwater fishes: benefits and risks to recipient ecosystems from stocking, translocation and re-introduction
pp 399-436
- By John M. Epifanio, Illinois Natural History Survey, Robin S. Waples, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

14 - Freshwater conservation planning
pp 437-466
- By Virgilio Hermoso, Griffith University, Simon Linke, Griffith University, Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Mark J. Kennard, Griffith University
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

15 - Sustainable inland fisheries – perspectives from the recreational, commercial and subsistence sectors from around the globe
pp 467-505
- By Steven J. Cooke, Carleton University, Vivian M. Nguyen, Carleton University, John M. Dettmers, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Robert Arlinghaus, Humboldt University, Michael C. Quist, University of Idaho, Denis Tweddle, South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, Olaf L. F. Weyl, South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, Rajeev Raghavan, St. Albert's College, Marcela Portocarrero-Aya, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Naturales Alexander von Humboldt, Edwin Agudelo Cordoba, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científi cas SINCHI, Ian G. Cowx, University of Hull
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

16 - Understanding and conserving genetic diversity in a world dominated by alien introductions and native transfers: the case study of primary and peripheral freshwater fishes in southern Europe
pp 506-534
- By Valerio Ketmaier, Humboldt University, Pier Giorgio Bianco, University of Naples
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

17 - Maintaining taxonomic skills; the decline of taxonomy – a threat to fish conservation
pp 535-562
- By Maria J. Collares-Pereira, University of Lisbon, Paul H. Skelton, Rhodes University, Ian G. Cowx, University of Hull
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

18 - Synthesis – what is the future of freshwater fishes?
pp 563-572
- By Gerard P. Closs, University of Otago, Martin Krkosek, University of Toronto, Julian D. Olden, University of Washington
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Index
pp 573-581
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Metrics

Altmetric attention score

Total number of HTML views: 0

Total number of PDF views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

Total views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

Why this information is here

This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

Conservation of Freshwater Fishes

This Book has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref.

Book description

Reviews

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-xii

List of contributors
pp xiii-xvi

Preface
pp xvii-xviii

1 - Lost fishes, who is counting? The extent of the threat to freshwater fish biodiversity
pp 1-36

2 - Why are freshwater fish so threatened?
pp 37-75

3 - Climate change effects on freshwater fishes, conservation and management
pp 76-106

4 - Challenges and opportunities for fish conservation in dam-impacted waters
pp 107-148

5 - Chemical pollution
pp 149-177

6 - Multiple stressor effects on freshwater fish: a review and meta-analysis
pp 178-214

7 - Infectious disease and the conservation of freshwater fish
pp 215-237

8 - Non-indigenous fishes and their role in freshwater fish imperilment
pp 238-269

9 - Riparian management and the conservation of stream ecosystems and fishes
pp 270-291

10 - Fragmentation, connectivity and fish species persistence in freshwater ecosystems
pp 292-323

11 - Conservation of migratory fishes in freshwater ecosystems
pp 324-360

12 - Protecting apex predators
pp 361-398

13 - Artificial propagation of freshwater fishes: benefits and risks to recipient ecosystems from stocking, translocation and re-introduction
pp 399-436

14 - Freshwater conservation planning
pp 437-466

15 - Sustainable inland fisheries – perspectives from the recreational, commercial and subsistence sectors from around the globe
pp 467-505

16 - Understanding and conserving genetic diversity in a world dominated by alien introductions and native transfers: the case study of primary and peripheral freshwater fishes in southern Europe
pp 506-534

17 - Maintaining taxonomic skills; the decline of taxonomy – a threat to fish conservation
pp 535-562

18 - Synthesis – what is the future of freshwater fishes?
pp 563-572

Index
pp 573-581

Metrics

Altmetric attention score

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information

Conservation of Freshwater Fishes

Book description

Reviews

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Contents

Metrics

Altmetric attention score

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information