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OverviewLakes and reservoirs hold about 90% of the world's surface fresh water, but overuse, water withdrawal and pollution of these bodies puts some one billion people at risk. The Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs reviews the physical, chemical and ecological characteristics of lakes and reservoirs, and describes their uses and environmental state trends in different parts of the world. Superbly illustrated throughout, it includes some 200 entries in a range of topics, including acidification, artificialisation, canals, climate change effects, dams, dew ponds, drainage, eutrofication, evaporation, fisheries, hydro-electric power, nutrients, organic pollution, paleolimnology, reservoir capacities and depths, sedimentation, water resources and more. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lars Bengtsson , Reginald W. Herschy , Rhodes W. FairbridgePublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: 2012 ISBN: 9781402044106ISBN 10: 1402044100 Pages: 984 Publication Date: July 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsFrom the reviews: This encyclopaedia comprises 186 entries that are written by 162 contributors from all over the world ... . an authoritative overview of scientific knowledge regarding lakes and reservoirs. ... The Encyclopaedia of Lakes and Reservoirs is intended to be a reference book for scholars and students. ... To sum up, the book is well done and suitable for libraries ... . (Alexander Plessow, Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012) Author InformationLars Bengtsson is professor in Water Resources Engineering at Lund University, Sweden. He was previously professor of hydrology at Uppsala University and Lulea Technical University and visiting professor in the USA, Canada and Hungary. He is and has been editorial board member of a large number of scientific journals. He has published more that 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He specializes in physical processes in lakes and rivers and cold climate hydrology. Reginald Walter Herschy is a British consultant in hydrology dealing mainly with rivers, lakes and reservoirs. His work has taken him to Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Lesotho, Kenya, USA, Canada and South America. Dr Herschy was formerly with the UK Government for many years as head of hydrometry in England and Wales. He is the author of some 60 technical papers on hydrology and meteorological satellites and author of several books. He is co-editor with the late Professor Rhodes Fairbridge of the Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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