Description
This reference book collates traditional and modern applications of remote sensing in aquatic ecosystem monitoring. It covers conventional assessment methods like sampling, surveying, and chlorophyll estimation. Advanced remote sensing technology provides timely spectral information for quantitative and qualitative assessment of water changes, volume, and vegetation. The book discusses space-borne, airborne, and drone geospatial data. The five sections broadly cover aquatic ecosystem monitoring, vegetation management, advanced modelling practices, and challenges.
Key features
- Covers different types of aquatic ecosystems like wetlands, rivers, lakes, saline, and brackish
- Reviews the latest applications of remote sensing in the monitoring and assessment of aquatic ecosystems
- Includes traditional methods like cartography, sampling, surveying, phytoplankton assessment and chlorophyll estimation
- Discusses the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data fusion in monitoring aquatic systems
- Explores the prospects of future Earth observation space missions for aquatic ecosystem monitoring
The book is meant for scientists, professionals, and policymakers working in environmental sciences, remote sensing, and geology.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Ecology of aquatic ecosystem
Chapter 2. Physicochemical properties of water and their significance for aquatic life
Chapter 3. Nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystem
Chapter 4. Primary production in aquatic environments
Chapter 5. Benthic communities of the aquatic environment
Chapter 6. Eutrophication in aquatic ecosystem
Chapter 7. Aquatic pollution and its impact
Chapter 8. Aquatic environment management with reference to climate change
Chapter 9. Wastewater management
Chapter 10. Environmental biotechnology
Chapter 11. Information technology in the management of the aquatic environment
Chapter 12. Aquatic toxicology
Chapter 13. Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)
Chapter 14. Environmental regulations and conventions
Chapter 15. Environmental impact assessment
Chapter 16. Environmental ecolabelling
Chapter 17. Environmental auditing
Chapter 18. Environmental economics
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