Handbook of Inland Aquatic Ecosystem Management
Ecological and Environmental Management Handbook
Published on 17. October 2012
Book
Hardback
452 pages
978-1-4398-4525-7 (ISBN)
Description
Combining background knowledge and practical tools, Handbook of Inland Aquatic Ecosystem Management gives you an overview of how to manage inland waters in a holistic manner. It examines the problems that threaten aquatic inland water ecosystems and presents a set of toolboxes for solving them. The book focuses on lakes, reservoirs, ponds, rivers, wetlands, lagoons, and estuaries, including the predominant freshwater ecosystems as well as saline and brackish ecosystems.
Understand Ecosystem Properties and Ecological Processes
The book consists of two parts. The first part reviews the basic scientific knowledge needed in the environmental and ecological management of aquatic ecosystems, from limnology and ecology of inland water ecosystems to environmental physics and chemistry. It emphasizes the interacting processes that characterize all inland aquatic ecosystems and explains the scientific considerations behind the conservation principles and their applications.
Define the Problems and Quantify Their Sources
The second part of the book presents toolboxes that you can apply to achieve more holistic environmental and ecological management. After an overview of the environmental problems of inland aquatic ecosystems and their sources, the book examines toolboxes to help you identify the problem, namely mass balances, ecological indicators, and ecological models. It also discusses toolboxes that can be used to find an environmental management solution to the problem: environmental technology, cleaner technology, and ecotechnology.
Integrate Science and Practical Toolboxes to Manage Inland Waters More Effectively
This book shows you how to integrate biology, ecology, limnology, and chemistry with the toolboxes in an up-to-date, multidisciplinary approach to environmental management. It provides a powerful framework for identifying ecological mechanisms that interact with global environmental problems threatening inland aquatic ecosystems.
Understand Ecosystem Properties and Ecological Processes
The book consists of two parts. The first part reviews the basic scientific knowledge needed in the environmental and ecological management of aquatic ecosystems, from limnology and ecology of inland water ecosystems to environmental physics and chemistry. It emphasizes the interacting processes that characterize all inland aquatic ecosystems and explains the scientific considerations behind the conservation principles and their applications.
Define the Problems and Quantify Their Sources
The second part of the book presents toolboxes that you can apply to achieve more holistic environmental and ecological management. After an overview of the environmental problems of inland aquatic ecosystems and their sources, the book examines toolboxes to help you identify the problem, namely mass balances, ecological indicators, and ecological models. It also discusses toolboxes that can be used to find an environmental management solution to the problem: environmental technology, cleaner technology, and ecotechnology.
Integrate Science and Practical Toolboxes to Manage Inland Waters More Effectively
This book shows you how to integrate biology, ecology, limnology, and chemistry with the toolboxes in an up-to-date, multidisciplinary approach to environmental management. It provides a powerful framework for identifying ecological mechanisms that interact with global environmental problems threatening inland aquatic ecosystems.
Reviews / Votes
"... a book on the subject of lakes and reservoirs is extremely welcome today when fast global changes, including urbanization, global commerce, and climate, are posing-and will pose in the near future-greater stress in our hydrologic systems. The authors present the subject in such a way that the reader will learn not only fundamentals of limnology but also the behavior of lakes and reservoirs both from a physicochemical and an ecosystemic point of view. The book relies on several examples from projects developed by the authors on the ground. This is something that professionals working in this field will benefit significantly from ..." -Benedito Braga, Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo, BrazilMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Researchers and graduate students in ecology, biology, and environmental engineering; limnologists, ecologists, environmental managers, and environmental engineers dealing with freshwater ecosystems; consultants and engineers focusing on environmental problems in industries, communities, counties, and states.
Illustrations
16-page insert containing 27 color figures forllows page 242, 150 s/w Abbildungen, 77 s/w Tabellen
77 Tables, black and white; 150 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
842 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-4525-7 (9781439845257)
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Sven Jorgensen | Jose Galizia Tundisi | Takako Matsumura Tundisi
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E-Book
10/2012
1st Edition
CRC Press
€80.49
Available for download
Persons
Sven Erik Jorgensen is a professor of environmental chemistry at University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an honorable doctor of science at Coimbra University, Portugal, and at Dar es Salaam University, Tanzania. In 2004 and 2005, Dr. Jorgensen was awarded the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize, the Prigogine Prize, and the Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2007, he received the Pascal medal and was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences.
Jose Galizia Tundisi is a retired professor of environmental sciences at the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil. He currently serves as president of the International Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a nonprofit organization at Sao Carlos. He also serves as full professor of environmental quality at University Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He has served as a consultant in 40 countries in water and resource management, and limnology, aquatic biology, and watershed management.
Takako Matsumura Tundisi is a retired professor of ecology at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil. She currently serves as scientific director of the International Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a nonprofit organization at Sao Carlos. She developed several projects in limnology of tropical lakes and reservoirs and coordinated a large-scale study of 220 reservoirs in Sao Paulo State for the Biota-FAPESP program. Since 1999, she has been chief editor of the Brazilian Journal of Biology.
Jose Galizia Tundisi is a retired professor of environmental sciences at the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil. He currently serves as president of the International Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a nonprofit organization at Sao Carlos. He also serves as full professor of environmental quality at University Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He has served as a consultant in 40 countries in water and resource management, and limnology, aquatic biology, and watershed management.
Takako Matsumura Tundisi is a retired professor of ecology at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil. She currently serves as scientific director of the International Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a nonprofit organization at Sao Carlos. She developed several projects in limnology of tropical lakes and reservoirs and coordinated a large-scale study of 220 reservoirs in Sao Paulo State for the Biota-FAPESP program. Since 1999, she has been chief editor of the Brazilian Journal of Biology.
Content
Limnology and Ecology of Inland Waters: Overview of Inland Aquatic Ecosystems and Their General Characteristics. Lakes and Reservoirs as Ecosystems. Physical Processes and Circulation in Lakes and Reservoirs. Rivers as Ecosystems. Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons as Ecosystems. Wetlands. Tropical Freshwater Ecosystems. Freshwater Temperate Lakes and Reservoirs. Application of the Conservation Principles. Application of Aquatic Chemistry in Environmental Management I: Calculations of Equilibria. Application of Aquatic Chemistry in Environmental Management II: Equilibrium Calculations of the Four Types of Reactions. Future of Limnology and Aquatic Ecology as a Tool for Management of Inland Waters. Holistic, Environmental and Ecological Management: Impacts on Watersheds and Inland Aquatic Ecosystems. Integrated Ecological and Environmental Management. Application of Environmental Technology in the Environmental and Ecological Management. Application of Cleaner Technology in Environmental and Ecological Management. Application of Ecotechnology in Ecosystem Management of Inland Waters. Application of Ecological Indicators in Environmental Management of Freshwater Ecosystems. Application of Ecological Models in Management of Aquatic Inland Ecosystems. Index.