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Conservation of Endangered Freshwater Fish in Europe

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Editors:
  1. A. Kirchhofer

    1. Institute of Zoology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. D. Hefti

    1. Federal Office of Environment, Forests and Landscape (FOEFL), Bern, Switzerland

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. General considerations regarding the decline of species

    1. General considerations regarding the decline of species

      • A. Lelek
      Pages 1-7

  3. Red lists

    1. Threatened freshwater fishes of Great Britain

      • P. S. Maitland, A. A. Lyle
      Pages 9-21

    2. Scottish natural heritage and fish conservation in Scotland

      • K. E. Sweetman, P. S. Maitland, A. A. Lyle
      Pages 23-26

    3. Endangered freshwater fish in Ireland

      • D. T. G. Quigley, K. Flannery
      Pages 27-33

    4. Endangered freshwater fish: The situation in France

      • P. Keith, J. Allardi
      Pages 35-54

    5. Endangered freshwater fish of Spain

      • B. Elvira
      Pages 55-61

    6. The Red Data List of the freshwater lampreys (Cyclostomata) and fish (Pisces) of Slovenia

      • M. Povž
      Pages 63-72

    7. Threatened freshwater fish in Hungary

      • K. Keresztessy
      Pages 73-77

    8. Vanishing freshwater fish species of Slovakia

      • J. Holčik
      Pages 79-88

    9. The status of the fish fauna in the Czech Republic

      • S. Lusk
      Pages 89-98

    10. Endangered fishes of the River Morava (Czech Republic)

      • P. Jurajda, M. Peňáz
      Pages 99-110

  4. Species conservation: Ecology, taxonomy and genetics

    1. Long-term changes in the fish community of Neusiedler See (Burgenland, Austria)

      • E. Mikschi, G. Wolfram, A. Wais
      Pages 111-120

    2. Natural regenerations of endangered fish populations in the Pilica drainage basin after reducing human impacts

      • T. Penczak
      Pages 121-133

    3. Fish conservation in Switzerland - three case-studies

      • A. Kirchhofer
      Pages 135-145

    4. The decline of the European sturgeon Acipenser sturio in the Baltic and North Sea

      • L. Debus
      Pages 147-156

    5. Occurrence and distribution of twaite shad (Alosa fallax Lacépède) in the lower Elbe River, Germany

      • R. Thiel, A. Sepülveda, S. Oesmann
      Pages 157-170

    6. Rehabilitation of salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Denmark; state, objectives and methods

      • P. Geertz-Hansen, J. JØrgensen
      Pages 171-179

    7. The role of natural and artificial propagation on the genetic diversity of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) of the upper Rhône drainage

      • C. R. Largiadèr, A. Scholl, R. Guyomard
      Pages 181-197

    8. Cellulose acetate electrophoresis for screening transferrin polymorphism in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) populations

      • C. R. Largiadèr, A. Scholl
      Pages 199-202
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About this book

Two events have recently improved the prospects of protecting fish and their environment in Switzerland: the acceptance of a new Federal Water Protection Law in the plebiscite of May 17th 1992, and the new Federal Legislation on Fisheries, in force since January 1st 1994. With this legal framework, the possibilities for protection of nature and landscape have now considerably improved in Switzerland. The most important aims of the Federal Law on Water Protection are to safeguard the natural habitats of the native flora and fauna and water as the habitat of aquatic organisms. This includes not only the preservation or restoration of water quality in lakes and rivers, but also, in rivers used for hydroelectricity, irrigation or as industrial or other water supplies, the maintenance of sufficient water to fulfill the minimal requirements for fish. However, good quality water in sufficient quan­ tities alone is not enough to guarantee the survival of fish. Intact fish habitats comprise various phYsical structures including plenty of hiding places, hunting grounds, reproduction and nursery areas within suitable distances from each other. This third aspect of conservation and restoration of aquatic habitats is a central point in the new Federal Law on Fisheries. Whereas the former versions of this law were more concerned with fishery regulations, the recent legislation defines new areas of responsibility for the federal and the cantonal governments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Zoology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    A. Kirchhofer

  • Federal Office of Environment, Forests and Landscape (FOEFL), Bern, Switzerland

    D. Hefti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Conservation of Endangered Freshwater Fish in Europe

  • Editors: A. Kirchhofer, D. Hefti

  • Series Title: Advances in Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9014-4

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Verlag, PO Box 133, CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9867-6Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-9014-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 344

  • Topics: Ecology

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