Tropical and Sub-Tropical Reservoir Limnology in China Theory and pr
Reservoirs are specific aquatic ecosystems and have complex behaviors of both natural lakes and rivers, regulated significantly by their functions such as flood controlling, hydropower generation, irrigation and fishery. This volume offers a general descr
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MONOGRAPHIAE BIOLOGICAE VOLUME 91 Series Editors
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Aims and Scope The Monographiae Biologicae provide a forum for top-level, rounded-off monographs dealing with the biogeography of continents or major parts of continents, and the ecology of well individualized ecosystems such as islands, island groups, mountains or mountain chains. Aquatic ecosystems may include marine environments such as coastal ecosystems (mangroves, coral reefs) but also pelagic, abyssal and benthic ecosystems, and freshwater environments such as major river basins, lakes, and groups of lakes. In-depth, state-of-the-art taxonomic treatments of major groups of animals (including protists), plants and fungi are also elegible for publication, as well as studies on the comparative ecology of major biomes. Volumes in the series may include single-author monographs, but also multi-author, edited volumes.
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Tropical and Sub-Tropical Reservoir Limnology in China Theory and Practice Edited by BO-PING HAN Jinan University Guangzhou 510632, China and
ZHENGWEN LIU Jinan University Guangzhou 510632, China
Bo-Ping Han Jinan University Guangzhou 510632, China [email protected] Zhengwen Liu Jinan University Guangzhou 510632, China [email protected]
ISSN 0077-0639 ISBN 978-94-007-2006-0 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2007-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2007-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011937454 # Springer ScienceþBusiness Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface Reservoirs are specific aquatic ecosystems with complex behavior, distinct of both natural lakes and rivers. Reservoir limnology and water quality management are associated with functions such as flood control, hydropower generation, irrigation, and fishery. On a global scale, supplying drinking water has become a dominant function of reservoirs. China is endowed with a huge number of reservoirs, and harbors more than 45% of the high dams of the world. In the past 60 years, China built about 86,000 reservoirs for multiple purposes such as agricultural irrigation, power generation, flood control, and water supply. These store a huge amount of water and support economic and social development. But in the last decades, many rivers and lakes have become polluted because of human activities in the catchments and direct discharge of domestic and industrial sewage. Many rivers and lakes have thereby almost lost their function as sources
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