Green-0274 An Unexpected Ecosystem: The Amazon as Revealed by Fisheries
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
9972291243
ISBN 13
9789972291241
Category
Science
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Publication Year
2007
Pages
241
Subject
Science Botany
Series Name
Description
The Amazon has the richest freshwater fish fauna in the world, and its evolution is closely linked to the rainforest and the vast floating meadows of the floodplains. Fisheries illustrate the urgent need to look at the Amazon rainforest and its rivers as an ecosystem in view of current environmental changes. Proper management of the fisheries requires protecting flooded forests, floating meadows, headwater spawning areas, and other critical habitats. With over 200 color photos and illustrations, this book richly illustrates how the fishes and fisheries are part of the river-and-rainforest ecosystem and what needs to be done for their conservation. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
