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Fish Diversity in Streams and Rivers

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Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 152))

Abstract

Flowing-water (fluvial) ecosystems are valuable to human societies for many reasons, including aesthetics, recreation, food production, water supply, and waste disposal. Their value derives, to some degree, from their biological diversity, including genetic, species, and community diversity (Angermeier and Schlosser 1995). Of the many components of biodiversity, species diversity is the best documented and provides the focus for this chapter.

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LeRoy Poff, N. et al. (2001). Fish Diversity in Streams and Rivers. In: Chapin, F.S., Sala, O.E., Huber-Sannwald, E. (eds) Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment. Ecological Studies, vol 152. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0157-8_14

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