week5 - freshwater and marine biodiversity conservation
pdf of the powerpoint slides (week 5)
Why are freshwater ecosystems just as threatened as tropical rainforests? What are the bio-indicators of stream quality? What are the challenges for marine biodiversity conservation? Are coral reefs imperilled and why? Will climate change affect also marine biodiversity? What about the fauna and flora of islands?
- Juli Caujapé-Castells et al. (2010) Conservation of oceanic island floras: present and future global challenges. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2009.10.001
- Tracy D. Ainsworth, Rebecca Vega Thurber & Ruth D. Gates (2010) The future of coral reefs: a microbial perspective. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.11.001
- Ulrich Heink & Ingo Kowarik (2010) What are indicators? On the definition of indicators in ecology and environmental planning. Ecological Indicators, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.09.009
- Jeffrey J. Opperman, Mark Meleason, Robert A. Francis & Rob Davies-Colley (2008) "Livewood": geomorphic and ecological functions of living trees in river channels. BioScience 58, 11: 1069-1078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/B581110
Links
Marine and freshwater biodiversity conservation (Zoological Society of London)
Freshwater conservation (in terms of water for human use - Scientific American)
Coastal and marine biodiversity conservation (East Sussex)