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Chinese Water Systems

Volume 3: Poyang Lake Basin

  • Presents scientific studies using a multitude of modern tools to assess the status and future of the Poyang Lake hydrosystem
  • Comprises recent research results of a Sino-German joint project
  • First comprehensive English book about the hydrology and ecology of Poyang Lake in East China

Part of the book series: Terrestrial Environmental Sciences (TERENVSC)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Background Information about Poyang Lake Basin

      • Erik Nixdorf, Chengzi Zhou
      Pages 3-17
    3. The Poyang Lake Cooperation Group

      • Olaf Kolditz, Tianxiang Yue
      Pages 19-23
  3. Hydro(geo)logy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Shallow Groundwater of Poyang Lake Area

      • Evgeniya Soldatova, Stepan Shvartsev, Zhanxue Sun
      Pages 53-66
  4. Water Quality and Pollution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
    2. Eutrophication and Water Quality Assessment in the Poyang Lake Wetlands

      • Na Fang, Qinghui You, Wenjing Yang, Xu Lu, Yi Zhou, Caiying Ni
      Pages 91-98
    3. Hyperspectral Response of Dominant Plants in the Poyang Lake Wetlands to Heavy Metal Pollution

      • Caiying Ni, Dan Zhang, Pengfei Song, Siying Zhao, Wenjing Yang
      Pages 99-112
  5. Ecology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
    2. Trends of Vegetation Ecosystem Distribution in Jiangxi Province

      • Zemeng Fan, Zhengping Du, Tianxiang Yue
      Pages 183-189
    3. Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Indicators for River Health in Changjiang Basin

      • Fengzhi He, Xiaoling Sun, Xiaoyu Dong, Qinghua Cai, Sonja C. Jähnig
      Pages 207-217
  6. Environmental Modelling and Information Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

About this book

This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Following a detailed introduction of the lake basin, the respective chapters present the findings of studies examining surface and subsurface hydrology, relationships between plant ecology and pollution of the wetlands, changes of land cover as well as the development of modern computational approaches to create Environmental Information Systems for water management. Moreover, the results are supplemented by a wealth of numerical calculations, tables, figures and photographs to make the research results more tangible. Closing with concise information on the “Research Centre for Environmental Information Science” (RCEIS), the book offers a valuable guide for researchers, teachers and professionals working in the areas of water environment, water security and ecological restoration. The projects have been supportedby the Sino-German Centre for Science Promotion, the Helmholtz Association and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources, Beijing, China

    TianXiang Yue, Na Zhao

  • Department of Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Erik Nixdorf, Chengzi Zhou, Cui Chen, Olaf Kolditz

  • School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Bing Xu

  • Jiangxi Remote Sensing Information System Center, Nanchang, China

    Zhewen Fan

  • School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China

    Xiaolan Huang

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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