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Peter S. Maitland
Researcher at University of Stirling
Publications - 55
Citations - 1281
Peter S. Maitland is an academic researcher from University of Stirling. The author has contributed to research in topics: Freshwater fish & Threatened species. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 53 publications receiving 1230 citations.
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Freshwater fishes of the British Isles
Peter S. Maitland,R. N. Campbell +1 more
TL;DR: In this treatise on freshwater fish, the authors analyze the reasons for the paucity of British fish species as well as identifying reasons for a particular species' distribution.
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The conservation of freshwater fish: Past and present experience
TL;DR: The main problems are caused by engineering works, industrial and domestic pollution, acidification, fishing and fishery management, and land use practices as discussed by the authors, and the major conservation objective must be habitat restoration and management, but short-term programs can usefully involve translocations, captive breeding and cryopreservation.
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Conservation of freshwater fish in the British Isles: The current status and biology of threatened species
Peter S. Maitland,Alex A. Lyle +1 more
TL;DR: The identification of these threatened fishes and important freshwater sites provides a foundation for a review of existing protection in the British Isles and a major fish conservation management programme.
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A comparative study of water level regimes and littoral benthic communities in Scottish lochs
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of fluctuating water levels on the littoral communities of Scottish lochs has been investigated and the physical characteristics, macrophytes and zoobenthos of selected shores were studied.
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A Key to the Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles
O. John Haram,Peter S. Maitland +1 more