Ashton, PJ2008-01-162008-01-162007-07Ashton, PJ. 2007. Riverine biodiversity conservation in South Africa: current situation and future prospects. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Vol. 17(5), pp 441-4451052-7613http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1842Copyright: 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.South Africa is richly endowed with an array of natural resources, with one exception - water. In South African water law, a river system and its associated riverine biodiversity - i.e. the entire aquatic ecosystem - is regarded as the ‘water resource’ that provides ecosystem goods and services to society (Van Wyk et al., 2006). An appreciation of riverine biodiversity in South African rivers therefore requires an understanding of the characteristics of the country’s water resources, their variability in time and space and the factors that influence their use by societyenRiverine biodiversityAquatic ecosystemsWater resourcesWater resource managementArticleAshton, P. (2007). Riverine biodiversity conservation in South Africa: current situation and future prospects. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1842Ashton, PJ "Riverine biodiversity conservation in South Africa: current situation and future prospects." (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1842Ashton P. Riverine biodiversity conservation in South Africa: current situation and future prospects. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1842.TY - Article AU - Ashton, PJ AB - South Africa is richly endowed with an array of natural resources, with one exception - water. In South African water law, a river system and its associated riverine biodiversity - i.e. the entire aquatic ecosystem - is regarded as the ‘water resource’ that provides ecosystem goods and services to society (Van Wyk et al., 2006). An appreciation of riverine biodiversity in South African rivers therefore requires an understanding of the characteristics of the country’s water resources, their variability in time and space and the factors that influence their use by society DA - 2007-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Riverine biodiversity KW - Aquatic ecosystems KW - Water resources KW - Water resource management LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2007 SM - 1052-7613 T1 - Riverine biodiversity conservation in South Africa: current situation and future prospects TI - Riverine biodiversity conservation in South Africa: current situation and future prospects UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1842 ER -