The Nile Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dumont, Henri J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Σειρά: Monographiae Biologicae, 89
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Conservation biology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XIV, 818 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402097263
• ISSN: 0077-0639 ;

The book discusses the Nile basin from a holistic point of view, giving due attention to its geological history, hydrology, climate, and the full diversity of subsystems like lakes and swamps. It discusses at length the biota of the basin, and derives general conclusions on the biodiversity of the plants and animals that inhabit it. It also examines the effects of human interventions, mainly dam building, but also pollution and eutrophication. It ends with several contributions on the natural resource value of water, and the constraints this imposes on the policies of the riparian states.