Freshwater Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment
- ISBN-10
- 155963734X
- ISBN-13
- 9781559637343
- Category
- Biodiversity conservation
- Pages
- 319
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Authors
- World Wildlife Fund, Robin A. Abell
Description
Identifies freshwater ecoregions that support globally outstanding biological diversity, assesses the types and immediacy of threats to North American ecoregions, identifies gaps in information that hamper an accurate evaluation of biodiversity, and provides a broad-scale framework for conservation activities.
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