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Biodiversity of Freshwater Fish in Japan in Relation to Inland Fisheries

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Japanese freshwater fish mainly inhabit rivers, ponds, lakes, and floodplains, most of which have been developed. Consequently, fish biodiversity has declined sharply as a result of human activities. Many habitats of endangered fish have been destroyed, and an increase in the number of alien species is threatening ecosystems and native fish. In many rivers and lakes, fisheries are associated with stock enhancement activities. In this chapter, we discuss the present status of freshwater fish diversity and fisheries and describe Japanese databases useful for the maintenance and restoration of biodiversity.

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Acknowledgments

We thank T. Moriyama, T. Nakamura, and K. Takahashi for advice on references and K. Uehara for using photographs of endangered bitterlings. K. Kawamura, S. Mori, and K. Watanabe read an early draft of this chapter and gave us useful critical comments and advice.

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  1. National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency, 1088 Komaki, Ueda, 386-0031, Japan

    Osamu Katano

  2. National Institute of Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan

    Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki

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  1. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

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  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Scienc, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

    Tetsukazu Yahara

  3. Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

    Tohru Nakashizuka

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Katano, O., Matsuzaki, Si.S. (2012). Biodiversity of Freshwater Fish in Japan in Relation to Inland Fisheries. In: Nakano, Si., Yahara, T., Nakashizuka, T. (eds) The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region. Ecological Research Monographs. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54032-8_29

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