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Historical Impacts on River Fauna, Shifting Baselines, and Challenges for Restoration

The decimation of aquatic wildlife through overexploitation is usually perceived as a marine phenomenon, yet it has also been common in freshwater ecosystems. Fish and other aquatic animals were superabundant when Europeans first arrived in North America and Australia, and were intensively exploited...

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Published in:Bioscience 2009-09, Vol.59 (8), p.673-684
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Analysis
Animals
Aquatic animals
Aquatic ecosystems
aquatic organisms
Australia
conservation areas
ecosystems
Environmental conditions
Environmental degradation
Environmental restoration
exploitation
Fish
Fishing
Fresh water
Freshwater
Freshwater ecosystems
Freshwater environments
Freshwater fish
Freshwater fishes
Freshwater resources
land restoration
literature reviews
Marine ecosystems
Methods
Migratory species
Mussels
Natural resource management
Natural resources
North America
Overexploitation
Overharvesting
OVERVIEW ARTICLES
Perception
Protected areas
Protection and preservation
Rivers
Salmon
Species
Sport fishing
Wildlife
Wildlife conservation
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