Freshwater ecoregions of the world:: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation

被引:1499
作者
Abell, Robin [1 ]
Thieme, Michele L. [1 ]
Revenga, Carmen [2 ]
Bryer, Mark [2 ]
Kottelat, Maurice [4 ]
Bogutskaya, Nina [5 ]
Coad, Brian [6 ]
Mandrak, Nick [7 ]
Balderas, Salvador Contreras [8 ]
Bussing, William [9 ]
Stiassny, Melanie L. J. [10 ,11 ]
Skelton, Paul [12 ,13 ]
Allen, Gerald R. [14 ]
Unmack, Peter [15 ]
Naseka, Alexander [5 ]
Ng, Rebecca [1 ]
Sindorf, Nikolai [1 ]
Robertson, James [2 ]
Armijo, Eric [2 ]
Higgins, Jonathan V.
Heibel, Thomas J.
Wikramanayake, Eric [1 ]
Olson, David
Lopez, Hugo L. [16 ,17 ,18 ]
Reis, Roberto E. [19 ]
Lundberg, John G. [20 ]
Perez, Mark H. Sabaj [20 ]
Petry, Paulo [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] WWF, Washington, DC USA
[2] Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Museum Comparat Zool, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[4] Natl Univ Singapore, Raffles Museum Biodivers Res, Singapore, Singapore
[5] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Zool, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
[6] Canadian Museum Nat, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada
[7] Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Great Lakes Lab Fisheries & Aquat Sci, Burlington, ON, Canada
[8] Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
[9] Univ Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
[10] Amer Museum Nat Hist, New York, NY 10024 USA
[11] Columbia Univ, New York, NY USA
[12] S African Inst Aquat Biodivers, Grahamstown, South Africa
[13] Rhodes Univ, ZA-6140 Grahamstown, South Africa
[14] Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA 6000, Australia
[15] Brigham Young Univ, Dept Integrat Biol, Provo, UT 84602 USA
[16] Museo La Plata, Dept Vertebrate Zool, La Plata, Argentina
[17] CIC Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[18] Fac Ciencias Nat & Museo, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[19] Catolica Rio Grande Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
[20] Acad Nat Sci Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA
关键词
freshwater; ecoregions; biogeography; fish; mapping;
D O I
10.1641/B580507
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
We present a new map depicting the first global biogeographic regionalization of Earth's freshwater systems. This map of freshwater ecoregions is based on the distributions and compositions of freshwater fish species and incorporates major ecological and evolutionary patterns. Covering virtually all freshwater habitats on Earth, this ecoregion map, together with associated species data, is a useful tool for underpinning global and regional conservation planning efforts (particularly to identify outstanding and imperiled freshwater systems);for serving as a logical framework for large-scale conservation strategies, and for providing a global-scale knowledge base for increasing freshwater biogeographic literacy. Preliminary data for fish species compiled by ecoregion reveal some previously unrecognized areas of high biodiversity, highlighting the benefit of looking at the world's freshwaters through a new framework.
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页码:403 / 414
页数:12
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