The Ecology of River Ecosystems: Case study of Rivers Ganga and Yamuna

Prateek Srivastava

ISBN 10: 3659854492 / ISBN 13: 9783659854491

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

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204 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.46 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ecology of River Ecosystems: Case study of Rivers Ganga and Yamuna
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659854492
• ISBN 13: 9783659854491
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.35 kilograms

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Synopsis

The rapid increase in anthropogenic activities threatens the sustainability of services provided by ecosystems and some of the planetary boundaries for sustainable use have already been exceeded. Rivers are a paradigmatic example of this situation: they provide key services to society, harbour a large part of the world biodiversity. The rivers have been abstracted from, fished in, boated on and discharged into. However, they are amongst the most endangered ecosystems of our planet. All around the world there are urgent demands for comprehensive methodological approaches to evaluate the actual state of these ecosystems and to monitor their rate of changes. As such, the advances in river research have been taken into account with emphasis on the ecological aspects. The case studies of Rivers Ganga and Yamuna has been chosen in the present text.Various physical, chemical and biological attributes of these ecosystems have been discussed at length along with the seasonal dynamics,community composition,density and abundance of various biotic communities such as plankton and periphyton.Experimental observations have been critically evaluated to draw conclusions and identify trends.

About the Author

Dr.Prateek Srivastava holds a DPhil Degree from the University of Allahabad. He is presently working as an Assistant Professor in Amity University, Noida, India. His research areas include Ecology, Limnology and Bryology. He has been bestowed with many scientific awards and has published many papers in journals of National and International repute.