Lakes and Coastal Wetlands : Conservation, Restoration and Management

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Biodiversity: 1. Biodiversity assessment of Algae in Chilika Lake, East Coast of India/J. Rath and S.P. Adhikary. 2. Eco-restoration impact on fishery biodiversity and population structure in Chilika Lake/S.K. Mohanty, K.S. Bhatta, Rajeeb K. Mohanty, S. Mishra, A. Mohapatra and A.K. Pattnaik. 3. Fishery of the Mud Crab Scylla Serrata with reference to its growth and maturation in Chilika Lagoon, East Coast of India/D. Satapathy. 4. Bioprospecting of biotoxins from Coastal fishes/Samanta S. Khora. II. Limnology: 5. Sediment dispersion in the Bay of Bengal/P.K. Mohanty, Y. Pradhan, S.R. Nayak, U.S. Panda and G.N. Mohapatra. 6. Spatial heterogeneity of biogeochemical parameters in a subtropical lake/Ilia Ostrovsky and Assaf Sukenik. 7. Mixing and internal waves in a small stratified Indian Lake: Subhas Sarobar/N.R. Samal, Klaus D. Johnk, Frank Peeters, Erich Bauerle and Asis Mazumdar. 8. Physical process in large lakes/Yerubandi R. Rao and Raj C. Murthy. 9. Eutrophication of Lake Victoria (East Africa) in relation to Hydrology of the Winam Gulf Watershed/Njuguna Henry, John Okungu and Felix Sangale. III. Monitoring and Modelling: 10. Modelling Coastal ecology/Girija Jayaraman and Anumeha Dube. 11. Adaptation to salinity change induced by sea-level rise in Hinuma Lake, Japan/Hisamichi Nobuoka and Nobuo Mimura. 12. Wave interaction with floating and submerged rectangular Dykes in a two-layer fluid/P. Suresh Kumar, J. Bhattacharjee and T. Sahoo. 13. Numerical simulation of salinity structure in Chilika Lake/A. Dube, G. Jayaraman, A.D. Rao and P.K. Mohanty.14. The role of Benthos and Epiphyte on the material cycle in Akkeshi Lake, Japan/Michio J. Kishi and Yuko Oshima. 15. Reef--an ecofriendly and cost effective hard option for coastal conservation/Kiran G. Shirlal, Subba Rao, Radheshyam B. and Venkata Ganesh. 16. Hydrological simulation and modelling for the Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad, India/Kapil Gupta. IV. Remote sensing and geographical information system: 17. Lake Chilika: GIS and the challenge of spatial management/Geoffery J. Meaden. 18 Mapping lagoonal features and their variability: field observations and remote sensing implications/U.S. Panda, P.K. Mohanty, S.R. Pal, G.N. Mohapatra, P. Mishra and G. Jayaraman. 19. Aquatic vegetation monitoring of Chilika through remote sensing technique/R.N. Samal and A.K. Pattnaik. 20. Assessment and monitoring the coastal wetland ecology using RS and GIS with reference to Bhitarkanika Mangroves of Orissa, India/Chiranjibi Pattanaik, Ch. Sudhakar Reddy, M.S.R. Murthy and D. Swain. 21. Morphodynamics of Godavari tidal inlets/Sarika Jain, P.N. Sridhar, B. Veera Narayan and A. Surendran. 22. Remote sensing and GIS approach for the management of watersheds: a case study/B. Radheshyam, Subba Rao, K.S. Ramesh, Kiran G. Shirlal and K. Mahaganesha. V. Water Quality: 23. Heavy metal status of water, sediment, fish and water hyacinth samples of Singanallur Lake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu/K. Shanthi, P.M. Ayyasamy, K. Ramasamy and P. Lakshmanaperumalsamy. 24. Mercury resistant Bacillus Cereus isolated from the Pulicat Lake Sediment, North Chennai Coastal Region, South East India/S. Kamala Kannan, S. Mahadevan and R. Krishnamoorthy. 25. Mercury pollution in Vembanadu Lake and adjoining Muvattupuzha River, Kerala, India/Mahesh Mohan and P.K. Omana. 26. Water quality of Kodaikanal Lake, Tamilnadu in relation to physico-chemical and bacteriological characteristics/S. Rajakumar, P. Velmurugan, K. Shanthi, P.M. Ayyasamy and P. Lakshmanaperumalsamy. VI. Socio-economic considerations: people\'s participation and awareness: 27. The defense of mangroves against the Shrimp industry/J. Martinez-Alier. 28. Ecological and institutional understanding of Chilika Lagoon/Satyasiba Bedamatta. 29. Women in the management of fishing economy and environment: a case study among the Fishermen Community (Nollia) of Coastal Orissa, India/Meera Swain. 30. Chilika Lease Policy: threat to environment and fishermen/Amrita Pritam Ray and Subrata Ray. 31. Seeing aquaculture through local eyes: the case of Chilika Lake/Eial Dujovny. VII. Management of lakes and coastal wetlands: 32. Restoration and conservation of Chilika Lagoon: an overview/A.K. Pattnaik. 33. Watershed planning and management: an integrated approach/H. Ramesh and A. Mahesha. 34. Environmental degradation and deterioration of Chilika: Sources and magnitude/Kishor C. Samal and Shibalal Meher. 35. Status of shrinkage of Indian lakes and strategies for their conservation, development and management/Vijay K. Dwivedi. Annexures. Index.