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

Published in BioScience • May 1, 2008

Authors:

Robin Abell

Michele Thieme

Carmen Revenga

Abstract

We present a new map depicting the first global biogeographic regionalization of Earth's freshwater systems. This map of freshwater ecoregions is based on the distributions and compositions of freshwater fish species and incorporates major ecological and evolutionary patterns. Covering virtually all...

Subject

Ecoregion

Freshwater fish

Biodiversity

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