Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate by Mitra, Abhijit

Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9788132215080)

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Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate by Mitra, Abhijit

Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate

$219.99
Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate by Mitra, Abhijit

Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate

$219.99
Format: Hardcover
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Chapter 1.Climate change: A threat of the era.- 1.1.Climate change: An overview.- 1.2.Causes of climate change.- 1.3.Effects of climate change.- Chapter 2. Mangroves: A unique gift of nature.- 2.1. Mangroves: An overview.- 2.2. Threats to mangrove ecosystem.- 2.3. Conservation of mangroves: case study of Indian Sundarbans.- Chapter 3. How mangroves resist natural disaster?.- 3.1. Natural disaster: Some case studies.- 3.2. Resistance of mangroves against cyclone and tidal surges.- 3.3. Migration of mangroves in response to sea level rise.- Chapter 4. Impact of climate change on mangroves.- 4.1. Effect of climatic factors on mangroves.- 4.2. Effect of physico-chemical factors on mangroves.- 4.3. Mangrove resistance to climate change: Some case studies.- Chapter 5. Climate change and plankton spectrum of mangrove ecosystem.- 5.1. Plankton species of tropical mangroves.- 5.2. Importance of plankton.- 5.3. Impact of climate change on plankton community.- Chapter 6. Climate change and its impact on brackish water fish and fishery.- 6.1. Major categories of fishes in the marine and estuarine waters.- 6.2. Impact of climate change on fish and fishery.- 6.3. Managing fish and fisheries.- Chapter 7. Climate change and livelihood: Are we approaching towards an inevitable change?.- 7.1. Influence of climate change on livelihood.- 7.2. Indian sub-continent: A unique test bed.- 7.3. Adaptation: A way to get rid.

Author: Abhijit Mitra
ISBN-10: 8132215087
ISBN-13: 9788132215080
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2013
Pages: 323
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.20w x 1.00d
By Abhijit Mitra
By Abhijit Mitra
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Dr. Abhijit Mitra, Associate Professor and former Head, Dept. of Marine Science, University of Calcutta (INDIA) has been active in the sphere of Oceanography since 1985. He is now the Adjunct Professor of TECHNO INDIA UNIVERSITY, Salt Lake Campus, Kolkata. He obtained his Ph.D as NET qualified scholar in 1994. Since then he joined Calcutta Port Trust, WWF (World Wide Fund), and Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India in various capacities to carry out research programmes on environmental science, biodiversity conservation, climate change and carbon sequestration. He has to his credit about 228 scientific publications in various National and International journals, and 20 books of postgraduate standards. Dr. Mitra is presently the member of several committees like PACON International, IUCN, SIOS etc. and has successfully completed about 15 projects on biodiversity loss in fishery sector, coastal pollution, alternative livelihood, climate change and carbon sequestration. Dr. Mitra also visited as faculty member and invited speakers in several foreign Universities of Singapore, Kenya and USA. Presently his domain of expertise includes environmental science, mangrove ecology, sustainable aquaculture, climate change and carbon sequestration. Dr. Mitra successfully supervised 17 Ph.D scholars in the branches like Marine Science, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Zoology.

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