Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services

Part I. Local Biodiversity and Its Threats

1. Aquatic Macrophytes and Fish Diversity of Various Tropical Lakes at the Main Islands in Indonesia
Riky Kurniawan, Triyanto, Luki Subehi

2. Status of Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in the Yangtze River Basin, China
Liangliang Huang, Jianhua Li

3. Freshwater Fish Diversity in Thailand and the Challenges on Its Prosperity Due To River Damming
Tuantong Jutagate, Chaiwut Grudpan, Apinun Suvarnaraksha

4. Potential Future Coral Habitats Around Japan Depend Strongly on Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions
Yumiko Yara, Hiroya Yamano, Marco Steinacher, Masahiko Fujii, Meike Vogt, Nicolas Gruber, Yasuhiro Yamanaka

Part II. Advanced Methods of Biodiversity Monitoring

5. Classification of Seagrass Beds by Coupling Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry Data and Digital Aerial Photographs
Satoshi Ishiguro, Katsumasa Yamada, Takehisa Yamakita, Hiroya Yamano, Hiroyuki Oguma, Tsuneo Matsunaga

6. Cyanobacterial Blooms as an Indicator of Environmental Degradation in Waters and Their Monitoring Using Satellite Remote Sensing
Yoichi Oyama, Bunkei Matsushita, Takehiko Fukushima

Part III. Ecosystem Service and Socioeconomic Aspects with Special Reference to Biodiversity

7. Utilization of Freshwater Fish Biodiversity as Income Source of Poor Rural People (Case Study in Pampangan Subdistrict of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia)
Dina Muthmainnah, Zulkifli Dahlan, Robiyanto H. Susanto, Abdul Karim Gaffar, Dwi Putro Priadi

8. Why People Visit Zoos: An Empirical Approach Using the Travel Cost Method for the Higashiyama Zoo, Nagoya, Japan
Ryo Kohsaka, Kaho Naganawa, Yasushi Shoji

9. Tourist Perceptions of Traditional Japanese Vegetable Brands: A Quantitative Approach to Kaga Vegetable Brands and an Information Channel for Tourists at the Noto GIAHS Site
Ryo Kohsaka, Mitsuyuki Tomiyoshi, Hikaru Matuoka

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Biodiversity, Environmental Management, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Environmental Monitoring/Analysis