Conservation and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

by K Sankaran Unni

ISBN: 9789383129584
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 7495.00
Biblio : xiii+194p., figs., tabls., ind., 23 cm

About The Book

During the recent years there is a growing concern for the conservation and management of our rivers, reservoirs and many aquatic ecosystems including wetlands, beels and lakes. All these systems are mismanaged due to lack of scientific data and proper evaluation of ecosystem functions to evolve an approach towards a right management. There are serious water problems and most of the river waters are not used even for irrigation and swimming purposes due to the poor water quality. The aim of this book is to provide its readers an acquaintance of the ecology of waterbodies from different parts of India. For this purpose 15 papers including reviews contributed by experts from different educational institutions and research laboratories have been arranged from reservoirs, ponds and tanks to major rivers. The book will be highly useful to research workers in aquatic biology, planners, managers, conservationists, NGO’s environmental scientists and all those who are interested in environmental conservation and management.

Table of Contents

Contents Chapter 1: Conservation and management of freshwaters; Chapter 2: Observations on zooplanktonic community analysis and trends in Gandhisagar reservoir with relation to its eutrophication; Chapter 3: Comparative study of species distribution and density in a non-polluted and polluted reservoir; Chapter 4: Hydrogeochemistry of the vellayani lake, kerala with special reference to its drinking water potential; Chapter 5: Environmental case studies of some central Indian reservoirs for management; Chapter 6: Observations on the present status of Indian wetlands with special reference to undasa wetland ujjain, mp state; Chapter 7: Indices of macrophytic species density in some ponds of durg-bhilai city and their relationship with water quality; Chapter 8: Observations on the limnological aspects of a perennial tank in banglore; Chapter 9: Pearsall’s cationic ration as an index of trophy in some desert waters; Chapter 10: Variations in active mitotic index of trapa bispinosa on treating with Cd, Cr and Zn; Chapter 11: Physico-chemical features of freshwaters of kashmir, himalaya; Chapter 12: Studies of river pollution in tungabhadra with special reference to biotic organisms; Chapter 13: Diatom dominance in river narmada head water stretch; Chapter 14: Effect of high discharge fluctuations on the distribution of phytoplankton in the narmada plains; Chapter 15: Self sustainability of tambarraparani river basin by aquatic macrophytes.