Damaged Ecosystems and Restoration

This book is the first of its kind in reviewing the different approaches undertaken to restore various damaged ecosystems and will be an invaluable aid for a plethora of professionals.

Eco-societal restoration - rehabilitating human society's life support system, J. Cairns, Jr.; tropical moist forest restoration on agricultural land in Latin America, K.D. Holl; damaged ecosystems - real or perceived?, R.H. Gray; ecosystem restoration - a new perspective for sustainable use of the planet, J.R. Heckman and J. Cairns, Jr.; free-floating hydrophytes for treatment of wastewaters, Y.B. Ho and J.S.H. Tsang; threatened wetlands and their restoration, P.R. Chaudhari and R. Sarkar; biorestoration of metal damaged freshwater ecosystems - current status and future perspectives, S.P.S. Singh and L.C. Rai; changes of some sediments' properties in the Eutrophying Lakes, M.V. Martinova; restoring degraded ecosystems in the Laurentian Great Lakes, J.H. Hartig; restoring biological integrity of damaged inland waters, R. Sarkar; ecology of Eutrophic Lake Udaisagar and restoration, B.C. Rana; biodegradation of halogenated compounds, J.S.H. Tsang and Y.B. Ho; technological concepts for bioremediation - an overview of scientific principles, D. Madamwar and M. Gandhi; microbial technology in protection and remediation of ecosystem, J.D. Desai and H. Dave; biodegradation of dyes and dye effluents, K.C. Patel and B. Rawal; algae of damaged ecosystems - some case studies from South India, V. Sankaran; mangrove flora of Kerala, C.M. Joy and A. Joseph; Indian ethos for restoration of ecosystems, A.S. Reddy.