Riverine Ecology Volume 1

Riverine Ecology Volume 1

Eco-functionality of the Physical Environment of Rivers

Chakraborty, Susanta Kumar

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

03/2022

566

Mole

Inglês

9783030538996

15 a 20 dias

1064

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Preface.- General Introduction.- Water-Characteristics as a Fluid; Physical Properties; Types and Distribution in the Earth; Water Budgeting-surface, subsurface and ground water; Water-importance, as the source of life; Water and the human body; Water circulation in Plants; Global Water balance-Hydrological cycles.- River-its definition, origin, forms and categories, Drainage Basin Concept, Rivers and Streams relationships; Stream orders and their influences.- Physical and chemical properties of river water: Oxygen, Salinity, pH, alkalinity, turbidity, B.O.D., C.O.D.- Geohydrology and Environmental flows: Geomorphic structures of river bed and Basin; cross sectional characteristics; water flow patterns-horizontal and vertical; Subsurface , Basal and Ground water; Different Geohydrological Attributes-Permeability, Transmiscivicity, Water Holding Capacity, etc.; Pump tests and Applicabilities.- Integrated water resource management: Complementary interactions among forests, River Flood Plain, Wetlands and Rivers.- Riverine Biodiversity: Macrophytes, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Benthos, Aquatic insects and fishes(Nekton).- Seasonal variation of Zooplankton, Benthos and Fishes in relation to Physicochemical Parameters; Synergistic effects of Physical environment on biological components, Trophic relationships; Community Interactions.- Biological Productivity, Food Chain -Food Web interactions; Detritus, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Organic carbon Cycling and Ecosystem metabolism.- Determination of conservation categories of Fishes as a prerequisite for undertaking conservation strategies.- Identification of major threats on Biodiversity and Riverine Environmental Health Through PRA methods.- Different Mathematical and Statistical tools for Analysis of Biotic Community to devise methods for Biomonitoring and Trend Analysis of biodiversity declines; To understand the mutual relationships between Biodiversity and Physical-Chemical environment of River vis-a-vis Synergistic effects.

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River Ecology;Biodiversity assessment;Eco-degradation;Eco-restoration;Eco-dynamics;water management;Environmental perturbations;River pollution;River geomorphology;Limnology;Riverine environmental health;marine and freshwater sciences