A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
This book introduces updated information on conservation issues, providing an overview of what is needed to advance the global conservation of freshwater decapods such as freshwater crabs, crayfish, and shrimps. Biodiversity loss in general is highe
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Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
The white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes complex
Tadashi Kawai Neil Cumberlidge •
Editors
A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
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Editors Tadashi Kawai Wakkanai Fisheries Research Institute Wakkanai, Hokkaido Japan
ISBN 978-3-319-42525-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42527-6
Neil Cumberlidge Department of Biology Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI USA
ISBN 978-3-319-42527-6
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This book is dedicated to the late Professor Michael Türkay, who was a truly inspiring leader in the fields of crustacean biology and conservation
Foreword
More than 10 % of all described species on earth are concentrated in freshwater ecosystems. The fact that freshwaters are teeming with life but only occupy less than one per cent of the earth’s surface makes these ecosystems the ultimate biodiversity hotspot. What’s more, the beneficial services provided by freshwater ecosystems have been estimated to be worth more than $29 trillion US a year. Despite the immense value of these ecosystems, we are losing them at a rapid pace, and it is estimated that more than 64 % of the world’s wetlands on which freshwater species depend have been destroyed since 1900. Population monitoring of freshwater species dating back to 1976 indicates that the rate of species loss in freshwater ecosystems is double that seen in either terrestrial or marine ecosystems. The 2015 version of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species confirms this trend is continuing in fresh
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