Mekong - Biophysical Environment of an International River Basin

The Mekong is the most controversial river in Southeast Asia, and increasingly the focus of international attention. It is possibly the largest freshwater fishery in the world, and the Mekong waters support rice agriculture in the delta in Viet Nam. This book provides an overview of the biophysical environment of the Mekong.

List of contents

1. Introduction - I. C. Campbell
2. The Geology of the Lower Mekong River - Paul A. Carling
3. Geology of Landforms of the Mekong Basin - Avijit Gupta
4. The Hydrology of the Mekong River - Peter T. Adamson, Ian D. Rutherfurd, Murray C. Peel, Iwona A. Conlan
5. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of the Lower Mekong River - Paul A. Carling
6. The Sediment Load of the Mekong River - Des E. Walling
7. Vegetation in the Mekong Basin - Philip W. Rundel
8. Fish Diversity in the Mekong River Basin - John Valbo-Jorgensen, David Coates, Kent Hortle
9. Fisheries of the Mekong River Basin - Kent G. Hortle
10. Tonle Sap Lake, the Heart of the Lower Mekong - I. C. Campbell, S. Say, J. Beardall
11. Mekong Schistosomiasis: Where Did It Come from and Where Is It Going?
12. Water Quality of the Lower Mekong River - Edwin D. Ongley
13. The Development and Application of Biomonitoring in the Lower Mekong River System - I. C. Campbell, Bruce C. Chessman, Vincent H. Resh
14. Watercourse Environmental Change in Upper Mekong - Daming He, Ying Lu, Zhiguo Li, Shaojuan Li
15. Conserving Dolphins in the Mekong River: The Complex Challenge of Competing Interests - Isabel Beasley, Helene Marsh, Thomas A. Jefferson, Peter Arnold
16. Development Scenarios and Mekong River Flows - I. C. Campbell
17. The Challenges for Mekong River Management - I. C. Campbell

Product details

• Authors: Ian Campbell, Ian Charles (EDT) Campbell
• Assisted by: Ian Campbell (Editor), Ian Charles Campbell (Editor), Ian Charles Campbell (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780123740267
• ISBN: 978-0-12-374026-7
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Academic Press; Aquatic Ecology; Aquatic Ecology; Aquatic Ecology (Academic Pres
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Vietnam, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Freshwater biology