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Advances in the Cryopreservation of Embryos and Prospects for Application to the Conservation of Salmonid Fishes

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Genetic Conservation of Salmonid Fishes

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Considerable controversy has developed within the conservation community as to the precise magnitude of the biological diversity crisis and the appropriate tactics needed to prevent mass extinctions. Most biologists agree that: (1) an increasing number of species are facing extinction as a result of native habitat loss or fragmentation (Wilson, 1988) and (2) nearly all habitat destruction results from the direct or indirect action of man (Ehrlich and Ehrlich, 1981). Uncertainties about the number of species at risk and the relationship between habitat destruction and species extinction (Mann, 1991) prevent qualitative estimates of what Ehrlich and Wilson (1991) describe as “the epidemic of extinctions now underway.” Such uncertainty complicates the formulation of effective public policy directed at preserving biological diversity.

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Rall, W.F. (1993). Advances in the Cryopreservation of Embryos and Prospects for Application to the Conservation of Salmonid Fishes. In: Cloud, J.G., Thorgaard, G.H. (eds) Genetic Conservation of Salmonid Fishes. NATO ASI Series, vol 248. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2866-1_10

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