Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation
Robin AbellMichele ThiemeCarmen RevengaMark BryerMaurice KottelatNational University of SingaporeN.G. BogutskayaRussian Academy of SciencesBrian W. CoadCanadian Museum of NatureNick E. MandrakFisheries and Oceans Canada;Salvador Contreras BalderasUniversidad autónoma de Nuevo LeónWilliam A. BussingUniversity of Costa Rica#TAB#Melanie L. J. StiassnyColumbia UniversityPaul SkeltonRhodes University,Gerald R. AllenWestern Australian MuseumPeter J. UnmackBrigham Young UnivA.M. NasekaRussian Academy of SciencesRebecca NgNikolai SindorfJames RobertsonEric ArmijoJonathan HigginsThomas J. HeibelEric WikramanayakeDavid M. OlsonIrvine Ranch Conservancy, CaliforniaHugo Luis LópezRoberto Esser dos ReisCatólica do Rio Grande do SulJohn G. LundbergDrexel UniversityMark H. Sabaj PérezDrexel UniversityPaulo PetryHarvard University
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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 oceans, and they face increasing threats from dams, water withdrawals, pollution, invasive species, and overharvesting (MEA 2005 Freshwater ecosystems and the diverse communities of species found in lakes, rivers, and wetlands may be the most endangered of all (MEA 2005).
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