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Modern Trends in Applied Aquatic Ecology

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Editors:
  1. R. S. Ambasht

    1. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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  2. Navin K. Ambasht

    1. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Bioassessment of Health of Aquatic Systems by the Use of Diatoms

    • Jacob John
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Management of Wetlands for Biological Diversity: Four Principles

    • Paul A. Keddy, Lauchlan H. Fraser
    Pages 21-42

  4. Use of Plants for Monitoring Heavy Metals in Freshwaters

    • Brian A. Whitton
    Pages 43-63

  5. Hydrochemical Determinism, Ecological Polymorphism, and Indicator Values of Aquatic Bryophytes for Water Quality

    • Alain Vanderpoorten
    Pages 65-96

  6. Plant Succession in Littoral Habitats

    • Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
    Pages 97-131

  7. Phycoremediation

    • Jacob John
    Pages 133-147

  8. UV-B Impact on the Life of Aquatic Plants

    • Donat-P. Häder
    Pages 149-172

  9. The Significance of Ultraviolet Radiation for Aquatic Animals

    • Horacio E. Zagarese, Barbara Tartarotti, Diego A. Añón Suárez
    Pages 173-200

  10. Stress Responses in Cyanobacteria

    • Rajeshwar P. Sinha
    Pages 201-218

  11. Biomonitoring and Bioindicators in Aquatic Ecosystems

    • Nándor Oertel, János Salánki
    Pages 219-246

  12. The Ecology of Wetlands Created in Mining-Affected Landscapes

    • Arthur J. McComb, Jane M. Chambers
    Pages 247-268

  13. Conservation of Soil and Nutrients through Plant Cover on Wetland Margins

    • R. S. Ambasht, N. K. Ambasht
    Pages 269-280

  14. Identification, Assessment, and Mitigation of Environmental Impacts of Dam Projects

    • Robert Zwahlen
    Pages 281-370

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 371-379
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About this book

Organisms and environment have evolved through modifying each other over millions of years. Humans appeared very late in this evolutionary time scale. With their superior brain attributes, humans emerged as the most dominating influence on the earth. Over the millennia, from simple hunter-food gatherers, humans developed the art of agriculture, domestication of animals, identification of medicinal plants, devising hunting and fishing techniques, house building, and making clothes. All these have been for better adjustment, growth, and survival in otherwise harsh and hostile surroundings and climate cycles of winter and summer, and dry and wet seasons. So humankind started experimenting and acting on ecological lines much before the art of reading, writing, or arithmetic had developed. Application of ecological knowledge led to development of agriculture, animal husbandry, medicines, fisheries, and so on. Modem ecology is a relatively young science and, unfortunately, there are so few books on applied ecology. The purpose of ecology is to discover the principles that govern relationships among plants, animals, microbes, and their total living and nonliving environmental components. Ecology, however, had remained mainly rooted in botany and zoology. It did not permeate hard sciences, engineering, or industrial technologies leading to widespread environmental degradation, pollution, and frequent episodes leading to mass deaths and diseases.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

    R. S. Ambasht, Navin K. Ambasht

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modern Trends in Applied Aquatic Ecology

  • Editors: R. S. Ambasht, Navin K. Ambasht

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0221-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47334-0Published: 31 January 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4972-3Published: 18 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0221-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 379

  • Topics: Applied Ecology, Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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