• DOI:10.1017/S1464793105006950
Corpus ID: 15921269

Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges

@article{Dudgeon2006FreshwaterBI,
  title={Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges},
  author={D. Dudgeon and A. Arthington and M. Gessner and Zen-ichiro Kawabata and D. Knowler and C. L{\'e}v{\^e}que and R. Naiman and A. Prieur-Richard and D. Soto and M. Stiassny and C. Sullivan},
  journal={Biological Reviews},
  year={2006},
  volume={81}
}

D. Dudgeon, A. Arthington, +8 authors C. Sullivan

Published 2006

Geography, Medicine

Biological Reviews

Freshwater biodiversity is the over‐riding conservation priority during the International Decade for Action ‐‘Water for Life’ ‐ 2005 to 2015. Fresh water makes up only 0.01% of the World's water and approximately 0.8 % of the Earth's surface, yet this tiny fraction of global water supports at least 100 000 species out of approximately 1.8 million ‐ almost 6% of all described species. Inland waters and freshwater biodiversity constitute a valuable natural resource, in economic, cultural… CONTINUE READING

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