Fundamentals of Limnology
by Jayshree Datta Munshi, Jyotisawarup Datta Munshi
ISBN: 9789351307877
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 5995.00
Biblio : xi+152 p., figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Jayashree Datta Munshi was Professor of Botany in the Department of Botany, T.M. Bhagalpur University. She has done Extensive Research Work on different aspects of Plants, diarh lands, forests and limnology of ponds, reservoir lakes, thermal springs, wetlands river. She was principal investigator in the several U.G.C. and CSIR sponsored research projects.
Jyotiswarup Datta Munshi, born 8 February, 1930, Ph.D Banaras Hindu University (1959), Professor and Head, Post-Graduate Department of Zoolog
About The Book
The book on “Fundamentals of Limnology” deals with air-breathing fishes which have evolved on several occasions. Evolution of the first bony fishes during the late Silurian and Devonian period produced two new features, lobe fins and the lung fishes. Animals inhabiting the water/air interface show many morphological and physiological adaptations designed with different types of function in that unique environments. In the present age there are new challenges. These include climatic change and co
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement vii
Preface ix
1. Science Dealing with Biological and other Phenomena
Particularly Inland Waters 1
2. Haemopotetic Activity in the Gills of Certain Teleosts 3
3. Limnobiotic Studies of the Thermal Springs of Rajgir (Bihar) 6
4. Natural History of Kosi River Basin 14
5. Reproductive cycle in Parreysia favidens (Benson):
A Freshwater Bivalve of Kosi River 33
6. Thermal Springs 42
7. Lakes and Reservoirs 63
8. Ponds 84
9. Swamps and Marshes 95
10. Diel Variations o
