Tropical and Sub-Tropical Reservoir Limnology in China: Theory and practice

Han, Bo-Ping; Liu, Zhengwen

Reservoirs are specific aquatic ecosystems and have complex behaviors of both natural lakes and rivers, regulated significantly by their functions such as flood controlling, hydropower generation, irrigation and fishery. This volume offers a general description of reservoir limnology in tropical and subtropical China. It functions as a window opening to all the aquatic scientists with a main focus on reservoirs in southern China and at the same time also covering several important, large reservoirs such as the Three Gorge Reservoir and Danjiangko Reservoir. Topics discussed are zooplankton, phytoplankton and zoobenthos communities, cyanobateria, nutrient budget, sediments, biogeochemical cycling of mercury, fishery and eutrophication.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-09-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789400720060

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2007-7

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 370.0