Liminology in the Indian Subcontinent 01 Edition  (English, Paperback, A R Zafar Atiya Khanum K Satya Mohan)

It is first ever scientific account of the lakes of the Indian subcontinent written by prominent researchers and university teachers associated with this field. The book encompasses the genesis of the lake basins of the Himalayas, sub-Himalayas and the Indo-Gangetic plain and vividly portrays the ecological behaviour of the lakes of certain limnologically distinct regions. About Author : Prof. A R Zafar is one of the senior most limnologiests in India. He has been working on various aspects of freshwaters around Hyderabad since 1952 and has travelled all over India nad Europe to get himself acquainted with the lakes of various climatic regions. Contents : The study of Limnology Genesis of the lakes of the Indian subcontinent The lakes of Kashmir The lakes fo Kumaun Coastal lakes of India Physico chemical complexes of fresh water lakes On the distribution of microbes in freshwater lakes and techniques of their study Bacteria Phytoplankton Algal mats Macrophytes Primary production in lentic water ecosystem Primary production of periphyton in two lakes of the Hyderabad metropolis Zooplankton Fish in relations to water quality Eutrophication Mathematics of ceaning Hussian Sager lakefro its pollution load Osman Sagar lake Hyderabad Lminology of the HImayath sagar tale Aufwuchs Appendices Index