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Author : Shanker D. Bhatt
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788170243663
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Ecology of the Mountain Waters written by Shanker D. Bhatt and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ulrich Bundi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354088274X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Alpine Waters written by Ulrich Bundi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the world’s mountains are rich in water and, as such, play a pivotal role in the global water cycle. They provide water for diverse human uses and ecosystems. Growing water demands as well as climate change will lead to ever-increasing pressure on mountain waters. Overcoming water-use conflicts and maintaining the ecological functioning of mountain waters presents a highly challenging task and is indispensable for sustainable development. This book extensively portrays the highly diverse attributes of mountain waters and demonstrates their paramount importance for ecological and societal development. The extensive summaries on the scientific basics of mountain waters are supplemented with considerations on the diverse water uses, needs for management actions, and challenges regarding sustainable water management. This overview concerns not only the mountain areas themselves but also downriver reaches and their surrounding lowlands, and, therefore, the relationship between mountain and lowland water issues.
Author : Ashutosh Gautam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Ecology and Pollution of Mountain Waters written by Ashutosh Gautam and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ulrich Bundi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783540883333
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Alpine Waters written by Ulrich Bundi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the world’s mountains are rich in water and, as such, play a pivotal role in the global water cycle. They provide water for diverse human uses and ecosystems. Growing water demands as well as climate change will lead to ever-increasing pressure on mountain waters. Overcoming water-use conflicts and maintaining the ecological functioning of mountain waters presents a highly challenging task and is indispensable for sustainable development. This book extensively portrays the highly diverse attributes of mountain waters and demonstrates their paramount importance for ecological and societal development. The extensive summaries on the scientific basics of mountain waters are supplemented with considerations on the diverse water uses, needs for management actions, and challenges regarding sustainable water management. This overview concerns not only the mountain areas themselves but also downriver reaches and their surrounding lowlands, and, therefore, the relationship between mountain and lowland water issues.
Author : Jordi Catalan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319559826
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)
Download or read book High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World written by Jordi Catalan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides case studies and general views of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains and analyses the implications for nature conservation. Case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, with a comprehensive set of mountain ranges surrounded by highly populated lowland areas also being considered. The introductory and closing chapters will summarise the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. Further chapters put forward approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Organisms from microbes to large carnivores, and ecosystems from lakes to forest will be considered. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license.
Author : Ellen Wiegandt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402067488
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Mountains: Sources of Water, Sources of Knowledge written by Ellen Wiegandt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-20 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the major challenges in assuring globally sustainable water use. It examines critical contemporary and global issues through the lens of global change processes and with a focus on mountain regions. In doing so, it aims to bring state-of-the-art science from numerous disciplines to bear on important environmental and policy questions related to water resources. The volume will be a boon to a range of readers, from environmental scientists to hydrologists.
Author : Arvind Kumar
Publisher : Daya Books
ISBN 13 : 9788170353867
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (538 download)
Download or read book Ecobiology of Polluted Waters written by Arvind Kumar and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goethe said- Everything originated in water, and everything is sustained by water . Really with its multidimensional uses, water is one of the most precious gifts of nature without which no life could survive. The maximum part of the earth is covered with water but unfortunately we have only 3% of it in the form of freshwater, out of which 2% is in the form of glaciers and mountain ice thus only 1% of the total is on disposal for various requirements. The water is more enough if it is used and managed properly but due to our mismanagement and non-awareness, the whole world is facing teething crisis of water shortage as well as water pollution. Not only this, the waterbodies are now-a-days treated as dustbin. Man has miserably failed to realize his unabated interference in the natural recycling of essential elements, which have posed a serious threat to his own existence. The aim of this book is to provide a wide-ranging and authoritative coverage or water pollution, which is fundamental to our understanding and appreciation of the nature of aquatic environment. The book will be very much helpful for students, research scholars, Professors, scientists and policy makers in order to provide a sufficient depth of the subject to satisfy the needs at a level which will be comprehensive and interesting. Contents Chapter 1: Status of Freshwater in India: A Review by Arvind Kumar and Chandan Bohra; Chapter 2: Hydrochemical Studies on Suvarnamukhi Sub-basin of Arkavathi River, Bangalore District, Karnataka by H C Vajrappa and N Rajdhan Singh; Chapter 3: Prediction of Nitrate Pollution of Groundwater: A Case Study by Sarbjit Singh Sooch, Baljeet S Kapoor, Bijay Singh and N S Grewal; Chapter 4: Mining Initiatives for Placer Deposits Along the East Coast of India: A Preliminary Assessment of Possible Impact on Coastal Environment by M Jagannadha Rao, J Venkata Ramana and M Chandra Rao; Chapter 5: Influence of Thermal Stratification on Dissolved Oxygen in Subhas Sarobar, Kolkata by N R Samal, D Roy, A Mazumdar and B Bose; Chapter 6: Pollution of Drinking Water by Iron in Tribal Area of Sundargarh District, Orissa: A Guide to Community Health Workers and Non-government Organizations by P C Sahu and H K Sahoo; Chapter 7: Microbial Contamination in Drinking Water: Cause, Detection and Remedy by M K Bhutra and Ambica Soni; Chapter 8: Pollution Impact on the Hybrobiology of River Nakatia at Bareilly by Neelima Gupta, V K Verma and D K Gupta; Chapter 9: Status of Drinking Water Quality Awareness and its Impact on Student Health: A Study of Schools of Buldana District by S V Agarkar and B S Thombre; Chapter 10: Analysis and Seasonal Comparative Study of Amanishah Nallah and Neighbouring Ground Water Sources in Sanganer Town, Jaipur by Dinesh Kumar, Hari Singh, Mahavir Prasad and R V Singh; Chapter 11: A Study on Groundwater Quality in Residential Colonies of Visakhapatnam by T Usha Madhuri and B Subhashini; Chapter 12: Relation Between COD and BOD in Sewage and Groundwater Samples Around Nasik City by S P Wagh and V S Shrivastava; Chapter 13: Software Development on Groundwater Quality of Chengalpattu Environs, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu (GQS) by R Annadurai and P Kamaraj; Chapter 14: Soil and Groundwater Pollution by Agrochemicals: A Review by D S Kler, Navneet Kaur and R S Uppal; Chapter 15: Groundwater Quality Index Near Industrial Area by Deepali A Sohani, G R Chaudhary and V S Shrivastava; Chapter 16: Studies on Primary Productivity of a Wetland by O P Mandal, A K Sinha and K M P Sinha; Chapter 17: Seasonal Fluctuation of Primary Production in Bonal Reservoir, Gulbarga District, Karnataka by H Anjinappa and K Vijaykumar; Chapter 18: Study on Zooplankton Diversity in Relation to Some Hydrological Parameters in a Freshwater Pond Ecosystem by C Maruthanayagam, S Radja Piragache and C Senthil Kumar; Chapter 19: Water Quality Profile of Man-khad Stream in Outer Himalayas by Er Moti Ram Sharma; Chapter 20: Status of Fisheries Resources in Selected Backwaters of Kerala by P K Sukumaran; Chapter 21: The Benthic and Littoral Fauna of a Perennial Polluted Tank in Bangalore by P K Sukumaran; Chapter 22: Ecological Imbalance by Reservoirs by V Srihari and C R Suribabu; Chapter 23: Studies on Limnological Characteristics of Guruvayanakere Pond Near Belthangady, S K District by B A Kumara Hegde, G Suresha, K Ramadas and B Yashovarma; Chapter 24: Diel Variation in Waterfowl During Winter at Sirpur Tank, Indore by Manjeet Malhotra, M M Prakash and K Pawar; Chapter 25: Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Wastewater from Bakelite Manufacturing Industry by V Arutchelvan, V Kanakasabai, R Elangovan and S Nagarajan; Chapter 26: Limnological Studies of Potsangbam River, Manipur by Laishram Kosygin and Haobijam Dhamendra; Chapter 27: Water Quality Management for Jagath Tank, Gulbarga, India: A Case Study by K Vijaykumar, Shashikanth Majagi, B Vasanthkumar and Murali Jadesh; Chapter 28: Seasonal Variations in Species Composition of Aquatic Hyphomycetes in Two Temperate Streams by S C Sati and N Tiwari; Chapter 29: Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Visakhapatnam Area, Andhra Pradesh, India by Y Prasanna Kumar and P King; Chapter 30: Effects of Polluted Water Irrigation on Hemagglutination and Thermal Stability of Pissum sativum Lectin by R B Lal and K D Saxena; Chapter 31: An Assessment of Water Quality of River Cauvery at Mettur, Salem District, Tamil Nadu in Relation to Pollution by V Mathivanan,P Vijayan and Selvi Sabhanayakam; Chapter 32: Study of the Influence of Aquaculture Development on Environment: A Remote Sensing Approach by P Venkateswarlu, M V Rao, Kiran and Ramamohan.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030916589X
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Confronting the Nation's Water Problems written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users-as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases-Confronting the Nation's Water Problems concludes that an additional $70 million in federal funding should go annually to water research. Funding should go specifically to the areas of water demand and use, water supply augmentation, and other institutional research topics. The book notes that overall federal funding for water research has been stagnant in real terms for the past 30 years and that the portion dedicated to research on water use and social science topics has declined considerably.
Author : Martina Zelenakova
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319790145
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Water Management and the Environment: Case Studies written by Martina Zelenakova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together contributions from experts in water management, scientists, researchers, academics and lecturers, sharing experiences and successes in this field. It is devoted to a wide range of water resources management issues, including water quality to water quantity, considering all impacts of water issues in the environment. The book presents international approaches to the latest developments in both the fundamental bases and the applicability of state-of-the-art knowledge that can be effectively used for solving a variety of large problems in integrated water resources management. The main focus of the book is on water pollution - physical, chemical, biological, and geographical pollution, hydrology problems, and limnology tasks.
Author : Patrick Sullivan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 008045772X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Environmental Science of Drinking Water written by Patrick Sullivan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals from water treatment processes. This poses a real threat. As a result of the ever-expanding list of chemical and biochemical products industry, current drinking water standards that serve to preserve our drinking water quality are grossly out of date. Environmental Science of Drinking Water demonstrates why we need to make a fundamental change in our approach toward protecting our drinking water. Factual and circumstantial evidence showing the failure of current drinking water standards to adequately protect human health is presented along with analysis of the extent of pollution in our water resources and drinking water. The authors also present detail of the currently available state-of-the-art technologies which, if fully employed, can move us toward a healthier future. * Addresses the international problems of outdated standards and the overwhelming onslaught of new contaminants. * Includes new monitoring data on non-regulated chemicals in water sources and drinking water.* Includes a summary of different bottled waters as well as consumer water purification technologies.
Author : Josef Krecek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400724764
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Management of Mountain Watersheds written by Josef Krecek and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to address the interdisciplinary targets of watershed management in mountain regions based on the current knowledge of the subject. The focus of the book is particularly on monitoring, research, and modelling the interactions between the climate, water cycle, and aquatic ecosystem. The issues of watershed management in mountain regions in different parts of Europe, Africa, America and Asia have been the central theme of the book, which is basically divided into five sections: Institutional aspects in control of mountain regions; Stream-flow processes in mountain catchments; Water chemistry and biota in mountain streams and lakes; Effects of forest practices and climate change on hydrological phenomena; and Soil conservation and control of floods and landslides. The contributions have been peer-reviewed and the interdisciplinary team of authors includes experts from the specialised areas of geography, hydrology, chemistry, biology, forestry, ecology, economy and sociology. The practical applications and management strategies mentioned in the book, deal with the integrated resource management approach, based on the compromise between the development, conservation/ protection of the nature. Finally, the socio-economic and cultural aspects, and ecosystem prevalent in a mountain catchment are discussed in detail.
Author : Timothy J Sullivan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482227142
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Air Pollution and Freshwater Ecosystems written by Timothy J Sullivan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical book for professionals who rely on water quality data for decision making, this book is based on three decades experience of three highly published water and watershed resource professionals. It focuses on the analysis of air pollution sensitive waters and the consequent effects associated with soil and water acidification, nutrient-
Author : Edward A. Laws
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471348757
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (487 download)
Download or read book Aquatic Pollution written by Edward A. Laws and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-09-07 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, straightforward presentation of concepts and issues in aquatic pollution This comprehensive introductory text presents a systematic study of pollution in oceans, lakes, streams, and underground aquifers. In a clear, straightforward style that is easily accessible to nonscientists, it describes the sources, features, and effects of thirteen different types of aquatic pollution. Fully updated to reflect current understanding and recent developments, this Third Edition of Aquatic Pollution covers every aspect of pollution associated with urban runoff, acid rain, sewage disposal, pesticides, oil spills, nutrient loading, and more. Case studies of major pollution sites such as Lake Erie, Three Mile Island, and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal help to illustrate points made in the general discussion. Important features of this new edition include: * Updated discussions of nonpoint source pollution, industrial pollution, thermal pollution, pathogens, metals, plastics, and more * New case studies of Chesapeake Bay and the Exxon Valdez * Beginning-of-chapter outlines * End-of-chapter study questions * New special section on units of measurement * Four chapters on the fundamentals of ecology and toxicology Aquatic Pollution, Third Edition, is a first-rate teaching and learning tool for courses in environmental science, zoology, oceanography, biology, and civil or sanitary engineering. It is also an excellent primer for policymakers and activists focused on environmental issues.
Author : J. Ives
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000704904
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Deforestation written by J. Ives and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1988 Deforestation examines deforestation as a major environmental and development problem. It examines the issues of forests being cut in tropical and mountain areas, and how acid rain, pollution and disease wreak havoc in temperate zones. Some of the worst effects of deforestation have been changes in the world’s climate system, erosion and flooding, desertification, wood short-ages and the disappearance of some floral and fauna species. This book challenges the belief that deforestation is due to entirely rapid population growth and agricultural expansion and emphasises the effects of commercial exploitation and poor planning and management. In concludes with a programme for reforestation using agro-forestry, appropriate cottage industries, improved international programmes, local land reforms and community participation.
Author : Igor Linkov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940115208X
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Air Pollution in the Ural Mountains written by Igor Linkov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind has created pollution, and has suffered its consequences since time immemorial. This has intesified greatly since the industrial revolution. One of the main problems in society, and a major function of government is how to cope with this pollution. 80 years ago the maxim used to be "the solution to pollution is dilution"; to dilute any pollted water supply in a large river, or to build a tall chimney stack to dilute air pollutants into the air so that concentrations of pollutants are always low. Since 1950 western countries have gone further and made major attempts to reduce the emissions of the most important pollutants. The discussion of what is an important pollutant has changed. To S02 and heavy metals such as cadmium or arsenic we now add fine particles and even (when we discuss global climate change) C02. The experience and practice of the western countries was only partly followed in the USSR (although the switch from use of coal to natural gas in major cities around 1970 was very important). Since the collapse of the USSR it has become fashionable both in the west and inside Russia to blame all society's ills on pollution. The statistics do not bear out that conclusion, but pollution remains an important issue which can be reduced without significant detriment to other societal values.
Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845647777
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Water Pollution XII written by C. A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Pollution XII contains the proceedings of the 12th International Conference in the series of Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution. The book will be of interest to scientists, managers and academics from different areas of water contamination.
Author : J. David Allan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030612864
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Stream Ecology written by J. David Allan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters is designed to serve as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference source for specialists in stream ecology and related fields. This Third Edition is thoroughly updated and expanded to incorporate significant advances in our understanding of environmental factors, biological interactions, and ecosystem processes, and how these vary with hydrological, geomorphological, and landscape setting. The broad diversity of running waters – from torrential mountain brooks, to large, lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy sub-continents – makes river ecosystems appear overwhelming complex. A central theme of this book is that although the settings are often unique, the processes at work in running waters are general and increasingly well understood. Even as our scientific understanding of stream ecosystems rapidly advances, the pressures arising from diverse human activities continue to threaten the health of rivers worldwide. This book presents vital new findings concerning human impacts, and the advances in pollution control, flow management, restoration, and conservation planning that point to practical solutions. Reviews of the first edition: ".. an unusually lucid and judicious reassessment of the state of stream ecology" Science Magazine "..provides an excellent introduction to the area for advanced undergraduates and graduate students..." Limnology & Oceanography "... a valuable reference for all those interested in the ecology of running waters." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society Reviews of the second edition: "Overall, a must for the field centre and a good starter text in stream ecology." (TEN News, October, 2007) "Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (P. R. Pinet, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (7), 2008) "... a very good, fluidly readable book which contains the latest key scientific knowledge of the ecology of running waters." (Daniel Graeber, International Review of Hydrobiology, Vol. 94 (2), 2009)
