Identifying priority sites for the conservation of freshwater fish biodiversity in a Mediterranean basin with a high degree of threatened endemics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 623, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-140

  Hermoso, V ^a   Linke, S ^b   Prenda, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Freshwater fish; Guadiana River basin; Priority areas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FISH; MEATS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

A-PRIORI; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; COMMON PROBLEMS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FISH COMMUNITIES; FRESHWATER FISH; GUADIANA RIVER BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN BASINS; NATIVE SPECIES; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRIORITY AREAS; RARE TAXON; REFERENCE CONDITION APPROACHES; RELATIVE VALUES; RIVER REGULATIONS; SITE SPECIFICS; SPATIAL AGGREGATIONS; SUB-BASINS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 59449092170     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9653-0     Document Type: Article

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