Biological invaders in inland waters: Profiles, distribution, and threats (eBook)

Francesca Gherardi (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XXX, 734 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-1-4020-6029-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Invasive species have come to dominate 3% of the Earth's ice-free surface, constituting one of the most serious ecological and economic threats of the new millennium, and freshwater systems are particularly vulnerable. This book examines the identity, distribution, and impact of freshwater non-indigenous species and the dynamics of their invasion. It focuses on old and new invaders and provides a starting point for further research.

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As predicted by Charles Elton in 1958, today invasive species have come to dominate 3% of the Earth's ice-free surface, constituting one of the most serious ecological and economic threats of the new millennium. In spite of any prevention effort, the number of invasive species is expected to increase in the next years as an inevitable consequence of both the augmented complexity of international trade and the deregulation of national and international markets. New pathways have been opened and the movement of non-indigenous species along them has been facilitated.Since the 1980s, studies of non-indigenous species have expanded greatly as a reflection of the rise in popularity that the discipline of invasion biology has gained among ecologists. However, the number of published articles is biased towards terrestrial invaders; invasive events occurring in freshwater systems have been most often neglected or analyzed only in a few regional contexts or for a small number of paradigmatic species. Yet freshwater systems, whose value to humankind is obviously priceless, are particularly vulnerable to non-indigenous species as a direct consequence of the intensity with which humans utilize fresh waters for recreation, food sources, and commerce. The book examines the identity, distribution, and impact of freshwater non-indigenous species and the dynamics of their invasion. Rather than providing a broad and comprehensive review of the issue, Biological invaders in inland waters focuses on old and new invaders and also raises questions and opens perspectives that provide a starting point for further research. The ultimate purpose of this book is to help define a more general framework for our knowledge of invasions in fresh waters. Such a framework will be indispensable to the planning of a science-based management program.

Inhalt

prelims.pdf 2
ch01.pdf 31
ch02.pdf 55
ch03.pdf 103
ch04.pdf 117
ch05.pdf 128
ch06.pdf 147
ch07.pdf 165
ch08.pdf 185
ch09.pdf 199
ch10.pdf 216
ch11.pdf 232
ch12.pdf 253
ch13.pdf 279
ch14.pdf 294
ch15.pdf 307
ch16.pdf 325
ch17.pdf 355
ch18.pdf 363
ch19.pdf 385
ch20.pdf 396
ch21.pdf 416
ch22.pdf 430
ch23.pdf 438
ch24.pdf 449
ch25.pdf 476
ch26.pdf 491
ch27.pdf 506
ch28.pdf 518
ch29.pdf 554
ch30.pdf 570
ch31.pdf 588
ch32.pdf 608
ch33.pdf 623
ch34.pdf 634
ch35.pdf 646
ch36.pdf 664
ch37.pdf 676
ch38.pdf 686
ch39.pdf 701
General-Index.pdf 708
Families-Index.pdf 715
Geograph-Index.pdf 717
Taxa-Index.pdf 724
Species-Index.pdf 727

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.8.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology
• Reihe/Serie: Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology
• Zusatzinfo: XXX, 734 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: biodiversity • Biological nvasions • Ecology • ecosystem • Inland waters • wetland
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-6029-7 / 1402060297
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-6029-8 / 9781402060298