Eutrophication: causes, consequences and control

✍ Scribed by Martin T. Dokulil, Katrin Teubner (auth.), Abid A. Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Guy R. Lanza, Walter Rast (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 401
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Eutrophication continues to be a major global challenge to water quality scientists. The global demand on water resources due to population increases, economic development, and emerging energy development schemes has created new environmental challenges to global sustainability. Eutrophication, causes, consequences, and control provides a current account of many important aspects of the processes of natural and accelerated eutrophication in major aquatic ecosystems around the world. The connections between accelerated eutrophication and climate change, chemical contamination of surface waters, and major environmental and ecological impacts on aquatic ecosystems are discussed. Water quality changes typical of eutrophication events in major climate zones including temperate, tropical, subtropical, and arid regions are included along with current approaches to treat and control increased eutrophication around the world. The book provides many useful new insights to address the challenges of global increases in eutrophication and the increasing threats to biodiversity and water quality.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Eutrophication and Climate Change: Present Situation and Future Scenarios....Pages 1-16
Controlling Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat....Pages 17-67
Eutrophication Processes in Arid Climates....Pages 69-90
Eutrophication and Restoration of Shallow Lakes from a Cold Temperate to a Warm Mediterranean and a (Sub)Tropical Climate....Pages 91-108
Trophic State and Water Quality in the Danube Floodplain Lake (Kopački Rit Nature Park, Croatia) in Relation to Hydrological Connectivity....Pages 109-129
Mediterranean Climate and Eutrophication of Reservoirs: Limnological Skills to Improve Management....Pages 131-142
Eutrophication: Threat to Aquatic Ecosystems....Pages 143-170
Eutrophication Problem in Egypt....Pages 171-194
Freshwater Wetland Eutrophication....Pages 195-210
Effects of Contamination by Heavy Metals and Eutrophication on Zooplankton, and Their Possible Effects on the Trophic Webs of Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems....Pages 211-223
Impact of Eutrophication on the Seagrass Assemblages of the Mondego Estuary (Portugal)....Pages 225-246
Aquatic Plant Diversity in Eutrophic Ecosystems....Pages 247-263
Linking Anthropogenic Activities and Eutrophication in Estuaries: The Need of Reliable Indicators....Pages 265-284
Successful Restoration of a Shallow Lake: A Case Study Based on Bistable Theory....Pages 285-294
Biomanipulation in Lake Årungen, Norway: A Tool for Biological Control....Pages 295-323
Reasons and Control of Eutrophication in New Reservoirs....Pages 325-340
Plant Nutrient Phytoremediation Using Duckweed....Pages 341-354
Nitrogen Removal from Eutrophicated Water by Aquatic Plants....Pages 355-372
Accelerated Eutrophication in the Mekong River Watershed: Hydropower Development, Climate Change, and Waterborne Disease....Pages 373-386
Back Matter....Pages 387-394

✦ Subjects

Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Plant Ecology