Climate-change impact considerations for freshwater-fish conservation, with special reference to the aquarium and zoo community

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-92

  Pearce Kelly, P ^a   Khela, S ^a   Ferri, C ^a   Field, D ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Adaptation; Climate change; Collection planning; Conservation; Freshwater fish; Mitigation; Policy; Threat evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876089374     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/izy.12016     Document Type: Article

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