Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats: A Practical Guide and Case Studies (Paperback)

Clive Hurford (editor), Michael Schneider (editor), Ian Cowx (editor)

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Paperback 415 Pages / Published: 23/08/2016

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Synopsis

As in the terrestrial environment, most data collection from freshwater habitats to date falls into the survey, surveillance or research categories. The critical difference between these exercises and a monitoring project is that a monitoring project will clearly identify when we need to make a management response. A Model for Conservation Management and Monitoring Monitoring (as defined by Hellawell) is essentially a tool of practical conservation management, and Fig. 1.1 shows a simple, but effective, model for nature conser- tion management and monitoring. The need for clear decision-making is implicit in this model. First we must decide what would represent a favourable state for the key habitat or species, and then we must decide when to intervene if the state is (or becomes) unfavourable. A third, often overlooked, but equally important, decision concerns when we would consider the habitat or species to have recovered; this is unlikely to be the same point that we became concerned about it. This decision not only has resource imp- cations, it can also have major implications for other habitats and species (prey species are an obvious example). All of these decisions are essential to the devel- ment of an efficient and effective monitoring project.

Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789401777339
Number of pages: 415
Weight: 885 g
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 22 mm
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 201