Sven Jorgensen, Jose Galizia Tundisi, Takako Matsumura Tundisi

Handbook of Inland Aquatic Ecosystem Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combining biology, ecology, and limnology with environmental management, this handbook provides a profound understanding of the best environmental strategy for resolving environmental problems in inland aquatic ecosystems. The text includes both basic theories and comprehensive practices. It presents all available tools for environmental and ecological management and illustrates their practical use in solving environmental problems that threaten inland aquatic ecosystems. Offering a powerful framework for identifying the ecological mechanisms that interact with global environmental problems, this book helps you manage inland waters in a more holistic manner.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9781439845257
• ISBN-10: 1439845255
• Artikelnr.: 34100367

Autorenporträt

Sven Erik Jørgensen 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. Jørgensen 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 São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil. He currently serves as president of the International Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a nonprofit organization at São 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 São Carlos, Brazil. She currently serves as scientific director of the International Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a nonprofit organization at São Carlos. She developed several projects in limnology of tropical lakes and reservoirs and coordinated a large-scale study of 220 reservoirs in São Paulo State for the Biota-FAPESP program. Since 1999, she has been chief editor of the Brazilian Journal of Biology.

Inhaltsangabe

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.