Ecohydrology of Kerala

River Catchments and Coastal Backwaters
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-323-95606-2
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Ecohydrology of Kerala: River Catchments and Coastal Backwaters presents 20 years of research to provide suggestions for sustainable management solutions for issues surrounding the urbanization of the rivers of Kerala. This helps identify major issues and develop management strategies. Themes explored include biogeochemistry of rivers/estuarine systems, productivity and trophic status, biology: fauna and flora, biodiversity, threats and conservation, invasive species and impact on riverine ecology, landscape/land use/land cover change in the catchment, socioeconomic status of catchment population, economic and livelihood activities along the river courses/estuaries (river and estuarine tourism, sand extraction, fisheries), pollution monitoring and assessment, impacts of climate change, and more.

This book can be used as a tool in the holistic management of resources, and to devise proper mitigation measures. The content of the book is a model for other tropical regions and countries with rapidly developing economies and populations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vincent, Salom Gnana Thanga

Kunjupillai, Soman

Chattopadhyay, Srikumar

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Ecohydrology of river catchments and coastal backwaters in Kerala, India: An introduction and synthesis
- Geomorphic setting and geologic features of Kerala and their link to eco-hydrology of the region
- Hydrological setting of Kerala
- On the drivers of summer monsoon rainfall over Kerala
- Riparian vegetation in Kerala’s river basins: Diversity, ecological functions and restoration prospects
- Forests and its biodiversity in the Western Ghats of Kerala
- Hydromorphic acid saline soils of Kerala: An ecohydrology based fertility assessment
- Current insights on biota from the submarine groundwater discharge(SGD) ecosystem
- Coastal sediment microbiome: Structural and functional diversity of bacteria and archaea in Vembanad Lake of Kerala
- What makes the coastal lakes a source of methane? Biogeographic pattern of community structure and functions of methanogenic archaea in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India
- Land use/land cover change detection for climate-smart sustainable management in the selected river basins of Kerala, India
- Assessing submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient fluxes along the southwest coast of India
- Impact of natural control factors, land use and a large pilgrim centre on the biogeochemistry of suspended particulate organic matter in the Pamba River, Kerala, India
- Trophic status and fate of nutrients and organic matter in the Vembanad estuary related to land use in the Pamba river and other contributing rivers
- Identification of pollution potential zones of a coastal lake system using GIS techniques
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management practices and cumulative environmental impacts: The case of Vembanad Lake, a tropical estuary in India
- Collaborative evolutionary governance of estuaries in Kerala, India
- Challenges of water governance related to human-induced nutrient input in surface water bodies: Lessons learned from case studies in India, Indonesia and Germany

Über Autor(innen)

Kunjupillai, Soman
Dr. K. Soman is a Retired Scientist and a former Head, Resources Analysis Division of Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS, now NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. A geologist by training and profession, he carried out geological investigations in parts of the Eastern Ghats and the Kerala. Dr. K. Soman served as Member in various Academic and Professional Bodies (Board of Studies in Kerala and Madras universities, State High Level Committee of River Management Fund (Kerala) and south Asia Node of LOICZ (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone). Presently He is a geological consultant with certification from the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) under the Quality Council of India, and engaged in Environmental Impact Assessment of infrastructure projects. Authored over 75 publications and two books.

Vincent, Salom Gnana Thanga
Dr. Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent completed her Ph.D in Environmental Sciences from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India during 1997. Her major research work was on Cellulose binding proteins of anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria and minor research work on anaerobic degradation of azodyes. She was a senior research fellow of DST, Government of India funded project during her Ph.D. work. From 1997 to 2001, she worked as a Research Associate in the same department on the beneficial microbes transported by earthworms. From 2001 till 2005, she has been working in the University of Kerala as Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Head, Reader and at present as Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala. She is teaching M.Sc, M.Phil., students in Environmental Sciences. Dr.Vincent is trained in various techniques like culturing aerobic and anaerobic microbes, protein purification by PAGE and FPLC, HPLC, Liquid Scintillation Counter, Gas Chromatorgraphy, Fermentors, PCR and DGGE. 8 scholars have been awarded Ph.D degree under her guidance and presently she is guiding 7 students. Her broad area of specialization is Environmental Microbiology and specific areas include anaerobic microbial ecology, microbial biogeochemistry and microbial degradation of pesticides. She is the principal investigator of five major research projects funded by University Grants Commission, Department of Environment and Climate Change and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. She has published 35 research papers in International and National journals.

Chattopadhyay, Srikumar
Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay retired from CESS as Scientist G and Head, Resources Analysis Division. He was a Post-Doctoral Fulbright Fellow in the Environment and Policy Institute, East West Centre, Hawaii, USA. Recipient of Dr. S Vasudev award (1994) instituted by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala, and Prof. R N Dubey memorial award (2001) instituted by the Boovigyan Vikas Foundation, New Delhi. After retirement from CESS in 2013 he was awarded Senior Fellow position by ICSSR hosted in the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram. In 2016, he served as a Fellow in the HWK Institute for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst, Germany. He also worked as a Senior Consultant, Kerala Development Innovation Strategic Council (K-Disc), Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram