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Author : Irene J. De Moor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770050174
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Guides to the Freshwater Invertebrates of Southern Africa written by Irene J. De Moor and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thibault Datry
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128039043
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams written by Thibault Datry and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management takes an internationally broad approach, seeking to compare and contrast findings across multiple continents, climates, flow regimes, and land uses to provide a complete and integrated perspective on the ecology of these ecosystems. Coupled with this, users will find a discussion of management approaches applicable in different regions that are illustrated with relevant case studies. In a readable and technically accurate style, the book utilizes logically framed chapters authored by experts in the field, allowing managers and policymakers to readily grasp ecological concepts and their application to specific situations. - Provides up-to-date reviews of research findings and management strategies using international examples - Explores themes and parallels across diverse sub-disciplines in ecology and water resource management utilizing a multidisciplinary and integrative approach - Reveals the relevance of this scientific understanding to managers and policymakers
Author : Brian W. van Wilgen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030323943
Total Pages : 972 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Biological Invasions in South Africa written by Brian W. van Wilgen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access volume presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been conducted over more than three decades, and where bold initiatives have been implemented in attempts to control invasions and to reduce their ecological, economic and social effects. It covers a broad range of themes, including history, policy development and implementation, the status of invasions of animals and plants in terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments, the development of a robust ecological theory around biological invasions, the effectiveness of management interventions, and scenarios for the future. The South African situation stands out because of the remarkable diversity of the country, and the wide range of problems encountered in its varied ecosystems, which has resulted in a disproportionate investment into both research and management. The South African experience holds many lessons for other parts of the world, and this book should be of immense value to researchers, students, managers, and policy-makers who deal with biological invasions and ecosystem management and conservation in most other regions.
Author : Frank Onderi Masese
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832528465
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Freshwater science in africa written by Frank Onderi Masese and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : B.R. Allanson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400923821
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Inland Waters of Southern Africa: An Ecological Perspective written by B.R. Allanson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Limnology - the study of inland waters - had its genesis in Europe about the turn of the century. The studies of Fore1 on Lake Geneva were of seminal value at this time. It prospered under the early guidance of Thienemann, Naumann and Wesenberg-Lund in Europe and, soon transplanted, of Birge and Juday in North America (to name just a few early spirits). Now, liminology is a respectable scientific discipline taught at many universities, and limnologists are recognized as important contributors to our understanding of how this fragile spaceship functions. All this acknowledged, it must also be acknowledged that limnology is not yet a globally comprehensive science. To be sure, much is known about globally applicable processes, and the structural elements of aquatic ecosystems worldwide, but limnological emphases, interests and concerns remain essentially European and North American in balance. Much is known about lakes and rivers in less than one fifth of the world's land area (northern temperature regions); rather little is known about inland waters elsewhere.
Author : Jo van As
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1920544542
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Story of Life & the Environment written by Jo van As and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Life & the Environment – an African perspective is about the fragile miracle of life. It’s a celebration of the Earth’s rich and wonderful diversity – the species, populations, communities and ecosystems that surround us – and of nature’s resilience. It unpacks the three major ecosystems: fresh water, the ocean and the land, and the teeming life each supports on and around Africa. It discusses evolution and the ever-branching tree of life; how systems work, how populations expand and contract, and how all the elements of life interact. And it tells the story of how humans originated in Africa, and how we have evolved to become modern people. The book sounds a warning about our human impact on the planet, which is fostering rapid climate change, as well as massive over-consumption and depletion of resources. The book is also about responsible planning and management of our environment and natural resources to redress damage and ensure sustainability. This is the story of life and the environment in Africa.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ecological Flow Requirements for South African Rivers written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Aquatic Invertebrates of the Ganga River System: Mollusca, Annelida, Crustacea (in part) written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C.A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1784662054
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Water Resources Management IX written by C.A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing papers from the ninth International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management, this book presents the work of scientists, practitioners and other experts regarding recent technological and scientific developments associated with the management of surface and sub-surface water resources. Water is essential for sustaining life on our planet, nevertheless its unequal distribution is a source of permanent conflict. It is predicted that population growth and irregular rainfall, due to climate change, may lead to more restricted access to water in certain regions of the world. This problem is made even more severe by human actions that can cause degradation to nature and the environment. These papers cover such topics as: Water management and planning; Water rights and accessibility; Water markets economics and policies; Climate change; Sedimental soil erosion; Irrigation; Water resources in arid regions; Ground water; Urban water management; Hydraulic engineering; Trans-boundary water management; Water, food and energy; Socio-economic aspects; Innovative technologies; Water and the community; Integrated water analysis; Wetlands as water sources.
Author : Jafari R. Kideghesho
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1838809759
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (388 download)
Download or read book Managing Wildlife in a Changing World written by Jafari R. Kideghesho and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The declining trends of wildlife habitats and species populations are obvious consequences of the socio-economic, political, ecological, and technological changes occurring globally. Along with human population growth, there is a growing wave of wildlife diseases, invasive alien species, human-wildlife conflicts, climate change, poaching, infrastructure development, and economic options that are ecologically damaging. These changes have implications on the management of wildlife resources. Managing Wildlife in a Changing World draws experiences from different parts of the world on status, challenges, and efforts of reversing the current negative trends on wildlife habitats and species in the face of these changes. This book is useful for academicians, researchers, policy makers, conservation practitioners, students, and other interested readers.
Author : Darold Batzer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319249789
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands written by Darold Batzer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wetlands are among the world’s most valuable and most threatened habitats, and in these crucially important ecosystems, the invertebrate fauna holds a focal position. Most of the biological diversity in wetlands is found within resident invertebrate assemblages, and those invertebrates are the primary trophic link between lower plants and higher vertebrates (e.g. amphibians, fish, and birds). As such, most scientists, managers, consultants, and students who work in the world’s wetlands should become better informed about the invertebrate components in their habitats of interest. Our book serves to fill this need by assembling the world’s most prominent ecologists working on freshwater wetland invertebrates, and having them provide authoritative perspectives on each the world’s most important freshwater wetland types. The initial chapter of the book provides a primer on freshwater wetland invertebrates, including how they are uniquely adapted for life in wetland environments and how they contribute to important ecological functions in wetland ecosystems. The next 15 chapters deal with invertebrates in the major wetlands across the globe (rock pools, alpine ponds, temperate temporary ponds, Mediterranean temporary ponds, turloughs, peatlands, permanent marshes, Great Lakes marshes, Everglades, springs, beaver ponds, temperate floodplains, neotropical floodplains, created wetlands, waterfowl marshes), each chapter written by groups of prominent scientists intimately knowledgeable about the individual wetland types. Each chapter reviews the relevant literature, provides a synthesis of the most important ecological controls on the resident invertebrate fauna, and highlights important conservation concerns. The final chapter synthesizes the 15 habitat-based chapters, providing a macroscopic perspective on natural variation of invertebrate assemblage structure across the world’s wetlands and a paradigm for understanding how global variation and environmental factors shape wetland invertebrate communities.
Author : Peter P. Calow
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 144431386X
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book The Rivers Handbook written by Peter P. Calow and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-07-08 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast changing legislation and increasing environmental awarenesswithin the non-scientific community demands that the modernapproach to the management of rivers and water resources should bebased on a sound understanding and application of the scientificand ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes. Intwo volumes, The Rivers Handbook offers an expert andexhaustive insight into the principles, methods and tools of modernriver management - always within an integrated and environmentallyacceptable framework. This second volume develops the principlesand philosophies expounded in the first volume into the managementsphere, organizing the approach around problems, diagnosis andtreatment. A fully comprehensive reference to sound methods of modernriver management. The ideal information resource for all river managers.
Author : Paul Harvey Skelton
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN 13 : 9781868123506
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (235 download)
Download or read book A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa written by Paul Harvey Skelton and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the freshwater fish of the Southern African subregion. Species descriptions include: a colour painting; symbols indicating uses and conservation status as well as a description of the fish, its habits and habitat. Keys to families, genera and species aid identification.
Author : Howard Ensign Evans
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Insect Biology written by Howard Ensign Evans and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. C. Appleton
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Freshwater Molluscs of Southern Africa written by C. C. Appleton and published by University of Kwazulu Natal Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a reference work, in particular the key to the identification of the southern African species. This book has a chapter on Bilharzia and its snail hosts, especially important at a time when Primary health care programmes are implemented. It also addresses access to safe drinking water to be regarded as a fundamental human right.
Author : Hlanganani Tutu
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535128817
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Water Quality written by Hlanganani Tutu and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As concerns increase over the scarcity of water resources and the role of anthropogenic activities, water quality is evermore important. Activities ranging from agriculture to mining have had a bearing on the quality of water that they impact. Several studies assessing such impacts have been conducted at local and global scales over the years. This book, consisting of contributions by authors in various water-related fields, delves into some approaches that are used to understand and/or to improve water quality, and these include assessment of water chemistry, biomonitoring, modelling and water treatment. This book will be useful to environmental scientists, water professionals, researchers, academics and students.
Author : Peter Brigg
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1432309234
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (323 download)
Download or read book South African Fishing Flies : An Anthology of Milestone Patterns written by Peter Brigg and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fly-fishing is a multifaceted sport that will absorb you in its reality, taking you to places of exceptional beauty, to explore and to revel in the solitude. It is so often spoken of as an art form, while fly-tying, inextricably linked to fly-fishing, is in its own right a form of artistry. South African Fishing Flies is a celebration of this artistry – the innovation, the talents of the originators and their vision of imagination, masters of the craft – and of all the fly-tyers of South Africa. It is not an exhaustive reference to all South African flies, but is rather an anthology of those that by virtue of their innovation in design, materials used and tying techniques have helped shape and, in some cases, change the thinking on fly-tying in this country. It is also a visual celebration of these flies, the waters we fish, an introduction to some of the individuals in our fly-fishing community, and creators of South African flies.
