Prospects for sustaining freshwater biodiversity in the 21st century: Linking ecosystem structure and function

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 422-430

  Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOW REGULATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OVERFISHING; POPULATION GROWTH; STAKEHOLDER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 78649902551     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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