Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources/edited by Ashutosh Gautam. 1998, 238 p., tables, $28.
Contents: Preface. 1. Conservation and management of aquatic resources/Ram Prakash and K.S. Vishwakarma. 2. Environmental management with special reference to fresh water bodies/S.K. Dhamija and R.K. Srivastava. 3. Environmental status of shrimp farming in India/A.S. Bal, T.K. Ghosh and R.A. Pandey. 4. Sewage exploitation through aquaculture/C. Prakash, M.P. Singh Kohli and R.J. Jadhav. 5. River water quality : a study on the river Punnurpuzha, Kerala, India/S.A. Abbasi, D.S. Arya and A.S. Hameed. 6. River pollution : a case study of river Brahmani (Orissa, India)/B.K. Sahu. 7. Hydrobiological profile of swamps in relation to its impacts on human beings (Koshi zone, India)/B.N. Pandey and A.K. Jha. 8. Relation between tannin concentration and bacterial counts in a mangrove environment/K. Katheresan, S. Ravikumar, D. Ravichandran and K. Sakaravarthy. 9. Aquatic pollution by tanneries and its remediation : an experience from Periyar district (India)/M.A. Subramanian and C. Varadaraj. 10. Cleaner technologies : Tanning Industry/S.N. Kaul, Tapas Nandy and V.S. Kulkarni. 11. Protection of aquatic environment from sewage pollution/B.B. Hosetti and S. Frost. 12. Thermal pollution regulations : need for sensible approach/Suresh Gajendragadkar and V.V. Shivvalkar. 13. Lentic aquatic resources of Himalaya : the case of Kashmir Himalaya (India)/I.A. Wani. 14. Conservation of lotic aquatic resources of Himalaya : the case of Garhwal Himalaya (India)/Ashutosh Gautam and N. Singh. 15. Macrophyte infestation of water bodies and methods of lake restoration/P.R. Choudhary, R.A. Pandey and A.S. Bal. 16. Sustainable river basin development : some engineering aspects/M.B. Gohil. Subject index.
"The book contain research papers and review articles describing scientific as well as engineering aspects of conservation and management of aquatic resources. Included in the book are factual studies and research based recommendations." (jacket)