Review of Literature
A lot of work has been carried out in the field of limnology throughout the globe and as such a voluminous literature is available on the subject. In view of the objectives of the present research, a critical survey of literature was carried out to gather
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A lot of work has been carried out in the field of limnology throughout the globe and as such a voluminous literature is available on the subject. In view of the objectives of the present research, a critical survey of literature was carried out to gather information on various aspects of limnology of various water bodies. Forel (1901) of Switzerland may be considered as the founder of the modern limnology. A detailed study on physico-chemical and biological characteristics of a lake was carried out by Juday and Birge (1933); Welch (1952) and Edmondson (1959). The most elaborate treatise on all aspects of limnology was given by Hutchinson (1941, 1957 and 1969). Barnes (1965) carried out his work on ice-water and reported the growth of certain lower organisms. Lund (1951) in his study found that winter diatom populations grew rapidly without adding nutrients if they were artificially exposed to higher irradiances. George et al. (1966) carried out a study on the River Kali and studied the impact of wastes of various industries discharged into this river. Saxena et al. (1966) while working on the river Ganga at Kanpur, depicted water quality of the river water. Munawar (1970a, b, 1974b) carried out limnological studies on freshwater ponds of Hyderabad and recorded the periodicity of various taxonomic groups such as volvocales, chlorococcales, desmids, diatoms and blue-greens and their correlations with fluctuations in the physico-chemical parameters of the ecosystem. Khan and Siddiqui (1974) recorded seasonal fluctuations in gross and net production values in surface waters of Aligarh fish pond. Unni (1985) investigated 24 reservoirs in central India for their physical, chemical and biological features. Bilgrami et al. (1994) carried out studies on different physico-chemical and biological characteristics of the River Ganga. Sharma and Rathore (2000) carried out limnological studies on all the water bodies of Berach river system. The changing nature of Indian rivers through changes in channels, hydrologic function, habitats and species composition has been investigated by Johal et al.(2005). The valley of Kashmir existing in the greater Himalaya abounds a vast array of freshwater bodies viz., lakes, ponds, wetlands, springs, streams and rivers. These varied freshwater ecosystems which are of great aesthetic, cultural, socio-economic © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 M. Jeelani, Lake Ecology in Kashmir, India, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40880-4_2
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and ecological value and play an important role in the conservation of genetic resources of both plants and animals, remained unexplored ecologically until Hutchinson (1941) highlighted the movement of phosphorus from mud to water in small stratified lakes. Later on Kaul and Zutshi (1965) provided an extensive data on the ecology, genesis and development of floating islands while Zutshi (1968) provided data on the morphometry, transparency, thermal structure, water and sediment chemistry and macrophytic communities in four lakes of K
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