Aquatic Sciences in the Tropics: Inland Waters, Domain and Nutrient Geochemistry [Hardcover]

Preface. Anatomy of Waters. The Horizon of Tropical World. Inland Water Resources. Lotic Environment. Light and Temperature Domain. Inorganic Carbon Complex and Buffer System. Dissolved Oxygen Complex. Major Ions. Nutrient Geochemistry. Index. Author's Biography.

The tropical environment is unique due to its geographic location, climatic features, intense solar radiation, high temperature, heavy precipitation, less seasonal variation, enhanced food and productivity, faster metabolism, ecological dynamics and co-evolutionary processes that favor niches for specialized species.

Professor (Dr.) B.B. Jana, a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, has published multiple books, monographs, and contributed chapters to UNESCO Encyclopedias, garnering him distinction both at national and international arena. He has over 255 peer-reviewed research publications to his credit, has mentored 32 Ph.D. candidates, and has been the main investigator of over 20 significant research projects, including one DST-sponsored project that involves collaboration with the Indo-European Union. His writings have received widespread citations and documentation. He has won numerous major honors for his exceptional work in the areas of aquatic sciences, fisheries sciences, ecological engineering, environmental microbiology, etc. He has received the Emeritus Fellowship twiceonce from the UGC for the first term and the next one from the AICTE. He held positions as DAAD Visiting Fellow in Germany and Post Doctoral Fellow in the then USSR, respectively. He was instrumental in the founding of the International Center for Ecological Engineering (ICEE), the Department of Environmental Management, and the Department of Microbiology at the University of Kalyani. He is connected as a board member of the International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland, and as an editorlƒ7