Biological invaders in inland waters: Profiles, distribution, and threats

Name: Biological invaders in inland waters: Profiles, distribution, and threats
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Author: Gherardi, Francesca
ISBN: 9781402060281

Gherardi, Francesca

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Synopsis Biological invaders in inland waters: Profiles, distribution, and threats

As predicted by Charles Elton in 1958, today invasive species have come to dominate 3% of the Earth's ice-free surface, constituting one of the most serious ecological and economic threats of the new millennium. In spite of any prevention effort, the number of invasive species is expected to increase in the next years as an inevitable consequence of both the augmented complexity of international trade and the deregulation of national and international markets. New pathways have been opened and the movement of non-indigenous species along them has been facilitated. The book examines the identity, distribution, and impact of freshwater non-indigenous species and the dynamics of their invasion. Rather than providing a broad and comprehensive review of the issue, Biological invaders in inland waters focuses on old and new invaders and also raises questions and opens perspectives that provide a starting point for further research. The ultimate purpose of this book is to help define a more general framework for our knowledge of invasions in fresh waters. Such a framework will be indispensable to the planning of a science-based management program.

EAN

9781402060281

Publisher

SPRINGER

Edition year

2007

Language

English

Collection

Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology

Height

240