Ecological Imbalance of the Ganga River System: Its Impact on Aquaculture
by Ray, Parmila
ISBN: 9789354617850
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2024
Price : Rs. 8995.00
Biblio : xiv+242p., figs., plts., bib., ind., 25 cm
About The Book
The author has further enlighted how under stressed condition fish and other biological organisms are surviving which results a progressive decline in fish population and fish food organism. The book highlites detailed information on various aspects of the past and present status of the Ganga river system like: high rate of deforestation, recurring annual slit precipitation indicated by high value of shape factor, reduced water holding capacity of the river, and its tributaries, low water flow and its velocity, shifting of river course and its tributaries resulting information of Ox-bow lakes, mendor loops, dead arms, chars, tals and ruins of settlements, abstraction of water for agriculture, industrial and urban uses, nature of waste water disposed, pollution load— their ratio with unpolluted water in different states, changes in the physico-chemical and biological parameters, metallic and pesticide pollution, bio-accumulation of metals in aquatic life including fish, fishing in shallow inundated areas, (ox-blow lakes, chars mans etc.), status of juvenile fishery in the total catch, fish seed resources— its future, breeding grounds, impact of dams and barrages on fishery potential etc. and over all stressed environment and the aquatic life and finally conservation and management of the river system under existing economic condition. The author has taken immense pains to provide an up to date information of the Ganga river system on the above aspects in this book.
Table of Contents
Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Physiology and Hydrology, Chapter 3: Tributaries and their Role, Chapter 4: Major Canal Projects in the Ganga Basin, Chapter 5: Irrigation Projects and Abstration of Water, Chapter 6: Deforestation Vis-a-Vis Soil Erosion, Chapter 7: Sediment Load and Nature of Soil, Chapter 8: Remnants of Riverbeds Due to Shifting of Its Course, Chapter 9: Industrial Wastes: Theie Pollution Load Disposed into the Ganga, Chapter 10: Ecological Imbalance of the Ganga, Chapter 11: Impact on Biota Around the Outfall and the Main River: Their Pollution Status, Chapter 12: Limnological Studies: Physico Chemical Characteristics, Biological Characteristics, Chapter 13: Fish and Fisheries: Commercial Catch, Status of Juvenile Fishery in Commercial Stock, Fishseed Resources, Prospects of Beel/Mann Fishery, Fish Culture in Fluviatile Waters, Fishing Gear and their Mode of Operation, Chapter 14: Tributaries: Their Pollution Problems and Impact on Biomass, Chapter 15: Overall Stressed Environment and Biotic Life, Chapter 16: Environmental Changes Vis-a-Vis Riverine Ecology, Chapter 17: The Ganga and the Bhagirathi - Hooghly: Their Past and Present, Chapter 18: Conservation and Management of the River System, Chapter 19: Suggestions for Future Investigation, Chapter 20: A World on “GAP”: A Scientific Study.
