Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

Abell, Robin; Thieme, Michele; Revenga, Carmen; Bryer, Mark; Kottelat, Maurice; Bogutskaya, N.G.; W. Coad, Brian; E. Mandrak, Nick; Contreras Balderas, Salvador; A. Bussing, William; L. J. Stiassny, Melanie; Skelton, Paul; R. Allen, Gerald; J. Unmack, Peter; Naseka, A.M.; Ng, Rebecca; Sindorf, Nikolai; Robertson, James; Armijo, Eric; Higgins, Jonathan; J. Heibel, Thomas; Wikramanayake, Eric; M. Olson, David; Luis López, Hugo; Esser dos Reis, Roberto; G. Lundberg, John; H. Sabaj Pérez, Mark; Petry, Paulo

doi:10.1641/b580507

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Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

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Authors:

Robin Abell

Michele Thieme

Carmen Revenga

Abstract

G rowth of the human population, rising consumption, and rapid globalization have caused widespread degradation and disruption of natural systems, especially in the freshwater realm. Freshwater ecosystems have lost a greater proportion of their species and habitat than ecosystems on land or in the o...

Subject

Ecoregion

Freshwater fish

Biodiversity

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