Wetland Monitoring: Trophodynamics, Metals and Modeling

Wetlands occur all over the world in all climatic zones, exhibit enormous diversity according to their genesis, geographical location, water regime and chemistry, dominant plants and sediment characters, providing food, fiber and raw materials, storm and flood control, clean water supply, scenic beauty and educational and recreational benefits. Besides, biotic-abiotic components and human inhabitants, the subsistence of these unique natural resources is under intimidation due to developmental activities, population pressure, and anthropogenic stress, which needs long term planning for preservation and conservation of these resources. The present book focuses on abiotic components (hydrochemistry and geochemistry), biotic components (phytoplankton, zooplankton and aquatic macrophytes), biochemical profiling, degree of eutrophication, delineation of trophodynamics, metal accumulation, concentration, transport, and mobility, and environmental modeling of significant wetlands of Central Gujarat, India. This book would certainly be useful and handy tool for students¿ community, academicians, researchers, scientists, practitioners, and managers, at regional, national, and global level.