Assessing the conservation value of fresh waters :  an international perspective / 
edited by Philip J. Boon and Catherine M. Pringle. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2009. 
 - x, 293 p., [2] p. of plates :  ill., maps (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
 - Ecology, biodiversity and conservation .
 - Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Background, philosophy and context / Philip J. Boon and Catherine M. Pringle -- Freshwater conservation in action: contrasting approaches in the USA and the UK / Catherine M. Pringle and David Withrington -- So much to do, so little time: identifying priorities for freshwater biodiversity conservation in the USA and Britain / Jonathan Higgins and Catherine Duigan -- Responding to environmental threats within the UK and North America / Christopher A. Frissell and Colin W. Bean -- Evaluating restoration potential / T. E. L. Langford and C. A. Frissell -- Methods for assessing the conservation value of rivers / Philip J. Boon and Mary Freeman -- Methods for assessing the conservation value of lakes / Laurie Duker and Margaret Palmer -- System Aqua : a Swedish system for assessing nature conservation values of fresh waters / Eva WilleÌn -- Evaluating Australian fresh waters for nature conservation / Jon Nevill and Andrew Boulton -- Evaluating fresh waters in South Africa / Jay O'Keeffe and Christa Thirion -- Evaluating fresh waters in developing countries / Robin Abell and Mark Bryer. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521848855 0521848857 9780521613224 (pbk.) 0521613221 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008025659 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Freshwater biodiversity conservation.<br/>Freshwater ecology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH96.8.B53  / A88 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.95/2816