Nile (eBook)

Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use

Henri J. Dumont (Herausgeber)

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2009
XIV, 819 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-9726-3 (ISBN)

Infos

What have we learnt about the Nile since the mid-1970s, the moment when Julian Rzóska decided that the time had come to publish a comprehensive volume about the biology, and the geological and cultural history of that great river? And what changes have meanwhile occurred in the basin? The human popu- tion has more than doubled, especially in Egypt, but also in East Africa. Locally, industrial development has taken place, and the Aswan High Dam was clearly not the last major infrastructure work that was carried out. More dams have been built, and some water diversions, like the Toshka lakes, have created new expanses of water in the middle of the Sahara desert. What are the effects of all this on the ec- ogy and economy of the Basin? That is what the present book sets out to explore, 33 years after the publi- tion of 'The Nile: Biology of an Ancient River'. Thirty-seven authors have taken up the challenge, and have written the 'new' book. They come from 13 different countries, and 15 among them represent the largest Nilotic states (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya). Julian Rzóska died in 1984, and most of the - authors of his book have now either disappeared or retired from research. Only Jack Talling and Samir Ghabbour were still available to participate again.

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What have we learnt about the Nile since the mid-1970s, the moment when Julian Rzoska decided that the time had come to publish a comprehensive volume about the biology, and the geological and cultural history of that great river? And what changes have meanwhile occurred in the basin? The human popu- tion has more than doubled, especially in Egypt, but also in East Africa. Locally, industrial development has taken place, and the Aswan High Dam was clearly not the last major infrastructure work that was carried out. More dams have been built, and some water diversions, like the Toshka lakes, have created new expanses of water in the middle of the Sahara desert. What are the effects of all this on the ec- ogy and economy of the Basin? That is what the present book sets out to explore, 33 years after the publi- tion of "e;The Nile: Biology of an Ancient River"e;. Thirty-seven authors have taken up the challenge, and have written the "e;new"e; book. They come from 13 different countries, and 15 among them represent the largest Nilotic states (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya). Julian Rzoska died in 1984, and most of the - authors of his book have now either disappeared or retired from research. Only Jack Talling and Samir Ghabbour were still available to participate again.

Inhalt

1. Introductory chapter: A Description of the Nile Basin, and a Synopsis of its History, Ecology, Biogeography and Natural Resources
Henri J. Dumont 2. The Nile Delta: History of Scientific Research.
Jack F. Talling PART I ORIGIN
3. Cenozoic Evolution of the Nile Basin
Michael R. Talbot & M. A. J. Williams 4. Late Quaternary Environments in the Nile Basin
Martin A. J. Williams & Michael R. Talbot PART II MAJOR NILOTIC ENVIRONMENTS
5. The Delta
Waleed Hamza 6. The Fayum Depression and its Lakes
Gamal M. El Shabrawy & Henri J. Dumont 7. Lake Nasser-Nubia
Gamal M. El Shabrawy 8. The Toshka Lakes
Gamal M. El Shabrawy & Henri J. Dumont 9. Lake Tana: Source of the Blue Nile
Jacobus Vijverberg, Ferdinand A. Sibbing & Eshete Dejen 10. Swamps of the Upper White Nile
Jim Green & Asim I. El Moghraby 11. The Kyoga Catchment
Jim Green 12. Lake Victoria
John T. Lehman 13. Rwenzori Mountains (Mountains of the Moon): Headwaters of the White Nile
Hilde Eggermont, Kay Van Damme & James M. Russell 14. Nilotic Lakes of the Western Rift
Jim Green 15. Lake Turkana and its Link to the Nile
Thomas C. Johnson & John O. Malala PART III CLIMATES AND HYDROLOGY
16. Nile Basin Climates
Pierre Camberlin 17. The Hydrology of the Nile Basin
John V. Sutcliffe PART IV LIMNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
18. Physical and Chemical Water Characteristics
Jack F. Talling 19. River Nile Pollutants and their Effect on Organisms and Water Quality
Mostafa El-Sheekh 20. Bacteria and Viruses of the Nile
Saleh Ahmed Rabeh 21. Phytoplankton: Composition, Development and Productivity
Jack F. Talling, Faisal Sinada, Ola E. Taha & Emad M. H. Sohby 22. Hydrophytes of the Nile in Egypt
Mahmoud A. Zahran 23. Aquatic Plants in the Sudan
Osman M. M. Ali 24. The Cnidaria of the Nile Basin
Henri J. Dumont 25. The Oligochaeta of the Nile Basin revisited
Samir. I. Ghabbour 26. The crustacean Zooplankton (Copepoda, Branchiopoda), Atyid Decapoda and Syncarida of the Nile Basin
Henri J. Dumont 27. Freshwater Crabs and Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Nile Basin
Neil Cumberlidge 28. The Nile Benthos
Gamal El-Shabrawy & Mohamed R. Fishar 29. Freshwater Mollusks of the Nile Basin: Past and Present
Dirk Van Damme & Bert Van Bocxlaer 30. Aquatic Insects of the Nile, with Emphasis on the Odonata
Henri J. Dumont 31. Fish Fauna of the Nile
Frans Witte, Martien van Oijen & Ferdinand Sibbing 32. Fossil Fish from the Nile River and its Southern Basins
Kathlyn M. Stewart 33-Birds of the Nile
Jim Green PART V HUMAN USE
34. Fisheries in the Nile System
Frans Witte, Martin de Graaf, Oliva Mkumbo, Asim I. El-Moghraby & Ferdinand Sibbing 35. Nile Basin Asymmetries: a Closed Fresh Water Resource, Soil Water Potential, the Political Economy and Nile Transboundary Hydropolitics
John Anthony Allan 36. Human Impact on the Nile Basin: Past, Present, Future
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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.5.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Monographiae Biologicae
• Reihe/Serie: Monographiae Biologicae
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 819 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: biodiversity • biogeography • Ecology • Environment • eutrophication • Fauna • Fish and Wildlife Biology • Fresh water • Limnology • Phytoplankton • Plankton • Reservoir and lake biology • River Ecology • sustainable development • water quality • Water quality and management
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-9726-3 / 1402097263
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-9726-3 / 9781402097263