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This book summarizes the author's life work in studying the genetic resources and sustainable development of fisheries in the Yangtze River. It is boased on fish biodiversity, and focuses particularly on genetic diversity of important and endangered economic species such as silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, black carp, blunt snout bream and Chinese sturgeons. It considers biodiversity from four aspects-the population, individual, cell and molecular levels, and three fisheries perspectives-the fisheries biology, population geneticws and conservation biology. This book examines the past and current status of important fish species, and discuses the in-situ and ex-situ conservation, as well as exploitation and other problems.

Part I General Description

1. Species diversity of fishes in the Yangtze River
2. Ecological diversity of fishes in the Yangtze River
3. Genetic diversity of fishes in the Yangtze River
4. Pressures on the conservation of fish biodiversity of Yangtze River

Part II Description by species

5. Silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp and black carp
6. Blunt snout bream
7. Chinese Sturgeon, Dashi sturgeon and White sturgeon

Part III In Situ Conservation

8. Conservation of silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp and black carpin the
Swan-oxbow and Laohe-oxbow of the Yangtze River
9. Protection of sturgeons in Yangtze River
10.Effects of the Three Gorges Dams on fish genetic resources in the Yangtze
River and remedial measures

Part IV Ex-situ Conservation

11.Utilization of associated water bodies for raising of brooders from wild
stock-A case study of the Hanjiang carp farm
12.Construction and problems of farms for wild and farm bred fish in the Yangtze
River basin
13.Guidelines for the inspection of wild silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp,
black carp and blunt snout bream in the Yangtze River

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