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Ecology and management of aquatic vegetation in the Indian subcontinent

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Brij Gopal

    1. School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

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Part of the book series: Geobotany (GEOB, volume 16)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Brij Gopal
      Pages 1-3

  3. Diversity of Aquatic Habitats and Their Vegetation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Indian subcontinent and the aquatic habitats

      • Brij Gopal
      Pages 7-28

    3. Aquatic vegetation of the Indian subcontinent

      • G. S. Lavania, S. C. Paliwal, B. Gopal
      Pages 29-76

  4. Ecology of Aquatic Vegetation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Ecology of plant populations I: Growth

      • Brij Gopal, K. P. Sharma
      Pages 79-106

    3. Ecology of plant populations II. Reproduction

      • S. C. Datta
      Pages 107-125

    4. Structure and dynamics of plant communities

      • D. P. Zutshi, Brij Gopal
      Pages 127-146

  5. Role of Aquatic Vegetation in Ecosystem Functioning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Primary production and energetics

      • L. N. Vyas, K. P. Sharma, S. K. Sankhla, B. Gopal
      Pages 149-175

    3. Nutrient dynamics of aquatic plant communities

      • Brij Gopal
      Pages 177-197

  6. Management of Aquatic Vegetation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Traditional uses and problem of noxious growth

      • V. Seshavatharam
      Pages 201-218

    3. Strategies for controlling noxious growth of aquatic vegetation

      • T. Sankaran
      Pages 219-236

    4. Conservation of aquatic plants

      • S. K. Jain
      Pages 237-241

    5. Conclusions and needs for future research

      • Brij Gopal
      Pages 243-246

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 247-257
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About this book

Life originated and evolved in water. Later the The tropical countries where the need to under­ plants moved out of water, conquered the land and stand the natural ecosystems is far greater because became dominant over it. The evolution through they are under intensive pressure from develop­ the millennia resulted in enormous complexity of ment from a rapidly growing human population, form, tissue organisation, reproductive mechan­ have generally devoted much less attention to the isms and specialisation of taxa in different niches. studies of aquatic ecosystems. The Indian subconti­ At some stage during evolution, some plants devel­ nent is a well-recognised biogeographic region with oped appropriate morphological and physiological a distinct geological history, climate, soils and adaptations and reverted back to the aquatic and/ biota. It is also distinct in the history of human civilisation and cultures which have a profound bear­ or semi-aquatic habitat. These plants, perhaps withthe exception of a few ing on the natural ecosystems. This book is in­ with beautiful flowers, have attracted little atten­ tended to provide the state of our knowledge of the tion from mankind. The fact that humans evolved aquatic and semi-aquatic vegetation in the inland in a tropical forest or savanna environment appears freshwaters of the subcontinent. The book covers responsible for a permanent bias in human atti­ only the herbaceous vegetation, since there is al­ tudes towards land and its biota.

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`Gopal et al are to be congratulated. The book merits a wide distribution and should be at hand to students of ecology and to all those who claim to care for the environment.' Journal of Tropical Ecology

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

    Brij Gopal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecology and management of aquatic vegetation in the Indian subcontinent

  • Editors: Brij Gopal

  • Series Title: Geobotany

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1984-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0666-5Published: 30 September 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7387-5Published: 01 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1984-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 258

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecology

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