Dangers and opportunities in managing temporary ponds

Although there is a growing awareness of the value of temporary ponds in Europe, there is still remarkably little information available to help guide their conservation and management.General principles which can be used to guide the managementof temporary ponds as a whole have yet to be established. The aim of this article, therefore, is to give a broader overview of the main principles of temporary pond conservation, particularly by building on a number of general principles for managing ponds previously described by Biggs et al. (1994) and Williams et al. The authors emphasise the importance of surveys in order to get data on which to base management strategies. The main principles of temporary pond management are described, and examples of three case studies of ponds in England are given.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Biggs, Jeremy, Fox, Gill, Nicolet, Pascale, Whitfield, Mericia, Williams, Penny
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2001
Subjects:	Management, Limnology, Temporary ponds, Habitat, England, Conservation,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/22242
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