Damaged Ecosystems and Restoration

About this book

This book is the first of its kind in reviewing the different approaches undertaken to restore various damaged ecosystems and will be an invaluable aid for a plethora of professionals.

Contents

Eco-societal restoration - rehabilitating human society's life support system, J. Cairns, Jr.; tropical moist forest restoration on agricultural land in Latin America, K.D. Holl; damaged ecosystems - real or perceived?, R.H. Gray; ecosystem restoration - a new perspective for sustainable use of the planet, J.R. Heckman and J. Cairns, Jr.; free-floating hydrophytes for treatment of wastewaters, Y.B. Ho and J.S.H. Tsang; threatened wetlands and their restoration, P.R. Chaudhari and R. Sarkar; biorestoration of metal damaged freshwater ecosystems - current status and future perspectives, S.P.S. Singh and L.C. Rai; changes of some sediments' properties in the Eutrophying Lakes, M.V. Martinova; restoring degraded ecosystems in the Laurentian Great Lakes, J.H. Hartig; restoring biological integrity of damaged inland waters, R. Sarkar; ecology of Eutrophic Lake Udaisagar and restoration, B.C. Rana; biodegradation of halogenated compounds, J.S.H. Tsang and Y.B. Ho; technological concepts for bioremediation - an overview of scientific principles, D. Madamwar and M. Gandhi; microbial technology in protection and remediation of ecosystem, J.D. Desai and H. Dave; biodegradation of dyes and dye effluents, K.C. Patel and B. Rawal; algae of damaged ecosystems - some case studies from South India, V. Sankaran; mangrove flora of Kerala, C.M. Joy and A. Joseph; Indian ethos for restoration of ecosystems, A.S. Reddy.

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