Pond Conservation in Europe

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oertli, Beat. (Editor), Cřǧhino, Rǧis. (Editor), Biggs, Jeremy. (Editor), Declerck, Steven. (Editor), Hull, Andrew. (Editor), Miracle, Maria Rosa. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Developments in Hydrobiology 210 ; 210
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Landscape ecology.; Aquatic biology.; Conservation biology.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Landscape Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9088-1

Ponds are an exceptional freshwater resource around the world and represent thirty percent of the global surface area of standing water. Furthermore, the millions of ponds which exist exhibit a particularly high biodiversity and have a high potential for ecosystem functions and services. Despite the...

Table of Contents:

• Selection of 31 papers
• collection of themes from across the continent and North Africa and
• new and original insights into: pond biodiversity
• human disturbance
• landscape ecology
• ecological assessment and monitoring; practical management measures
• ecological restoration
• hydrology and climate change
• invasive species and threatened species.