Ecological science, the Biosphere Books

Book SynopsisThis edited book provides a comprehensive account of the sustainable intensification process through various forms of case studies and scientific approaches studied across the globe. It also focuses on the agroecosystem services and their subsequent management for ecological integrity. The book helps to understand the interconnection of food, nutrition, economic growth, and environmental security on the planet. It provides comprehensive information with photographic illustration and various other forms of scientific databases on sustainable intensification of agroecosystems. The book also supports decision-making, strategies, and policy formulation for effective implementation of sustainable intensification towards higher productivity along with maintenance and management of agroecosystem services. Proper sustainable intensification of agroecosystem services and their management by maintaining ecological harmony is the future prospect for sustainable development. High input agriculture gives rise to a high-energy footprint, agricultural pollution, resource depletion, loss of agro-biodiversity, and decline of human health. Through this connection, the sustainable intensification approach addresses the advanced food security, sustainability, and overall prosperity of humankind. The book is helpful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, policymakers, the farming community, as well as the scientific community across the globe to understand the concept of sustainable intensification and its application in relevant fields for proper management of agroecosystems services.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Sustainable Intensification for Agroecosystem Services and Management: An Overview.- Chapter 2. Food and Nutrition Security in India through Agroecology: New Opportunities in Agriculture System.- Chapter 3. Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Agricultural Technologies in Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems for Food and Environmental Security.- Chapter 4. Eco-Designing for Soil Health and Services.- 5. Climate Change and Integrated Coastal and Agroecosystems Services.- Chapter 6. Climate Change Vulnerability and Agroecosystem Services.- Chapter 7. Intensification for Agroecosystem Services.- Chapter 8. Crop Residue Management: A Novel Technique for Restoring Soil Health and Sustainable Intensification in India.- Chapter 9. Agroecology for Agricultural Soil Management.- Chapter 10. Agroecology towards Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 11. Agroforestry and Its Services for Soil Management and Sustainability.- Chapter 12. Agroecosystem Services Management and Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 13. Ecological Intensification for Soil Management- Biochar, a Natural Solution for Soil from Agricultural Residues.- Chapter 14. Resource Conservation for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 15. Anaerobic Digestate: A Sustainable Source of Bio-fertilizer.- Chapter 16. Soil Fertility Status and Sugarcane Growth Performance in the Mangrove Ecosystem of Nigeria.- Chapter 17. Managing Natural Resources through Ecological Intensification in Oil-rich Niger Delta.- Chapter 18. Climatic Risks on Fruits Quality, Health and Livelihoods: A Nigerian Case of Rural Women in Fruit Farming Business.- Chapter 19. Allelopathic Effect of Taraxacum officinale L. on Germination and Physiology of Wheat.- Chapter 20. Watershed Sustainability for Agricultural Intensification. Chapter 21. Impact of Climate Change on Insects and their Sustainable Management.- Chapter 22. Ecointensification in Agriculture under Changing Climate.- Chapter 23. Management of Agroecosystem for Food Security: An Overview.

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Book Synopsis​This book examines the impacts of radionuclides released from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident on inland aquatic environments. The focus is on the dynamics of radiocesium in inland aquatic environments.The book comprises three parts: migration behavior of radiocesium in river and lake environment, accumulation of radiocesium into organisms in freshwater, and integrated environmental analysis in a lake system and a forest-freshwater system. Many studies on the dynamics of radionuclides have been published after the FDNPP accident, especially of radiocesium (134Cs 137Cs) in land and marine environment. The key features of this book are the new data of freshwater environment including transport of radionuclides in river and lake watershed, and accumulation of radiocesium in freshwater fishes and insects. Another feature of this book is that it summarizes the dataset of a model lake, Lake Akagi-Onuma, from geochemical and biological approaches.Readers will learn the actual dispersion behavior of radionuclides released from the Fukushima accident and their impacts on freshwater environments since the accident in 2011. The book presents valuable information for assessing the impacts of the FDNPP accident on ecosystem and human health, which are also useful in developing countermeasures for similar accidents and environmental contaminations.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Seiya NAGAOChapter 2 Rivers and lake environment2.1 Migration behavior of radiocesium released from the Fukushima accident in Japanese river systems during four months after the accident Seiya NAGAO, Shinya OCHIAI 2.2 Spatial and temporal fluctuations of nuclear accident-derived 137Cs and 3H concentration in river waters in eastern Fukushima, Japan Shinji UEDA 2.3 Spatial and temporal changes of 137Cs concentrations in river waters and the relations with the radiocesium inventory in Fukushima and adjacent areas Shinya OCHIAI, Shinji UEDA, Hideki TSUJI, Seiya NAGAO 2.4 Radiocesium Dynamics in a Dam Lake after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Hideki TSUJI 2.5 Record of income and outgo of radioactive cesium in lake Cyuzenji Seiichi NOHARA, Tetsuya YOKOTUKA, Isao KOBORI Chapter 3 Ecosystem 3.1 Annual changes of 137Cs concentrations in freshwater fishes Nobuyoshi ISHII 3.2　Radiocesium concentrations in brown trout in Lake Chuzenji after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident Tetsuya YOKOTUKA, Masahiro AKUTSU, Takatoshi TSUNAGAWA, Isao KOBORI, Seiichi NOHARA3.3A review of radioactive contamination in a freshwater ecosystem in Nikko area, Japan Mayumi YOSHIMURA, Akio AKAMA 3.5 Radiocesium concentrations in great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident Kyuma SUZUKI, Shun WATANABE, Hideki TANAKA, Masanobu MMORI, Kin-ichi TSUNODA 3.4 Variations in 134+137Cs radioactivity level of suspended particulate matter in streams and its respond to aquatic insect after FDNP accident Takeshi FUJINO, Sho SATO, Masaru SAKAI, and Takashi GomiChapter 4 Case study—Lake Akagi Onuma The dynamics of radiocesium in the lake ecosystem of lake Onuma on Mt. Akagi Shun WATANABE

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Book SynopsisThe book has 2 sections; Section A focuses on Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology and Section B covers Emerging Technologies in Environmental Biotechnology. The book introduces Environmental biotechnology as a tool to progress towards sustainable development goals and covers green technologies such as Bio-plastics, Third generation hybrid technology for algal biomass production, wastewater treatment and greenhouse gas mitigation, Green vaccination, Bio-fuels, Microbial enzymes, Bioelectrical systems, eco-friendly handmade paper production, nature based sanitation solutions, and greener ways to tackle air pollution along with the application of GIS to monitor & manage COVDI19 pandemic. The Section B covers emerging & innovative technologies such as vermifiltration, Small scale PVA gel based innovative solution for wastewater treatment, Cyclic technology based sequencing batch reactors (SBR) and role of Role of Bio-selectors in Performing Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification in SBR’s. It holistically covers essential information on Enzymatic Biotransformation and Biopolymer based nanocomposites for dye waste treatment, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi assisted Bioremediation of heavy metals, Coir Retting and Duckweeds: The Tiny Creatures for Resolving the Major Environmental Issues. It is a promising book for researchers, academicians, teachers, students, industrial enterprises, policy makers, public health officials and general users. The book is closely aligned to curricula of post graduate courses in biotechnology, microbiology, environmental biotechnology and environmental science.Table of ContentsPart 1 Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology.- 1 The use of Environmental Biotechnology: A tool to progress towards sustainable development goals.- 2 Environment sustainability and role of biotechnology.- 3 Global Environmental Problems: A Nexus between Climate , Human Health and COVID 19 and Evolving Mitigation Strategies.- 4 Environment & Green Technology.- 5 Sustainable Technology: Foresight to Green Ecosystem.- 6 Green Technology for Bioplastics towards Sustainable Environment.- 7 Green Vaccination: Smart Plant Health Care for Human Welfare.- 8 Role of Emerging Green Technology in Remediation of Toxic Pollutants.- 9 Biofuel as a sustainable option to control environmental changes.- 10 Third generation hybrid technology for algal biomass production, wastewater treatment and greenhouse gas mitigation.- 11 Advances in Biological Nitrogen Removal.- 12 Application of Microbial enzymes: Biodegradation of paper and pulp waste.- 13 Microalgal Bioremediation: A Clean and Sustainable Approach for Controlling Environmental Pollution.- 14 Toxicological Impact of Azo Dye and their Microbial Degraded by-products on Flora and Fauna.- 15 Industrial Wastewater Treatment in Bio-electrochemical Systems.- 16 Novel Economic Method for Dynamic Non-Invasive Optical Monitoring of Turbidity.- 17 Exploring the Less Travelled Path of Ecofriendly Handmade Paper Production.- 18 Exploring the Niche: Real-Environment Demonstration and Evaluation of innovative Nature-Based-Sanitation Technologies in a Water scarce Community Context in India.- 19 Problems of increasing Air Pollution and Certain Management Strategies.- 20 Applications of Geographic Information Science and Technology to Monitor and Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Part 2 Emerging Technologies in Environmental Biotechnology.- 21 Emerging Technologies in Environmental Biotechnology.- 22 Advanced and eco-friendly technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater to constrain environmental pollution.- 23 Vermifiltration technology as a sustainable solution for wastewater treatment- Performance Evaluation, Applicability and Opportunities.- 24 Vermifiltration: A novel sustainable and innovative technology for waste water treatment.- 25 Small Scale Pva Gel Based Innovative Solution for Wastewater Treatment.- 26 Cyclic technology based sequencing batch reactors (SBR) treating municipal wastewater: Full scale experience.- 27 Biodegradation of Soapstock: as an Alternative Renewable Energy Resource and Reduce Environmental Pollution.- 28 Influence of nanomaterials in combined microbial fuel cell-electro-Fenton systems as a sustainable alternative for electricity generation and wastewater treatment.- 29 Role of Bio-Selectors in Performing Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification in Sequencing Batch Reactor Based Stps of India.- 30 Emerging technique of Enzymatic Biotransformation of Amides to Hydroxamic Acid for Pharmaceutical and Dye waste treatment.- 31 Biopolymer based nanocomposites for removal of hazardous dyes from water-bodies.- 32 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi assisted Bioremediation of Heavy metals– A Revaluation.- 33 Application of Biotechnology for Providing Alternative of Fossil Fuel to Protect Environment.- 34 Coir Retting: Process upgradation and Pollution abatement through Environmental Biotechnology.- 35 Cadmium toxicity in rice: tolerance mechanisms, and their management.- 36 Evaluation of Residual Toxicity of Synthetic Pyrethroids in the Environment.- 37 Sustainable sanitation as a tool to reduce land degradation.- 38 Duckweeds: The Tiny Creatures for Resolving the Major Environmental Issues.- 39 Influence of the electrical stimulation using IrO2-Ta2O5êTi and RuO2-Ta2O5ê Ti anodes in the edaphological properties for the germination and growth of Zea mays L.- 40 Recent Advances in Biotechnology for generating Yellow Mosaic Disease resistance in mungbean (Vignaradiata L. Wilczek).

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Book SynopsisThis contributory volume is a comprehensive account of recent research on extremophilic fungi. It brings to the readers, latest information on all categories of extremophilic fungi, their isolation, culture, and potential applications. The book aims at providing the audience in-depth and updated theoretical concepts, also application on the field. It will serve as a supplementary reading material in addition to basic mycology textbooks. The book fills the gap in literature and will be useful to the postgraduate students and researchers in the field of mycology, agriculture, biotechnology and Microbiology.Table of ContentsA. Basic information. Chapter 1. Isolation, culture and maintenance of extremophilic fungi.- Chapter 2. Modern tools for the identification of fungi including yeasts.- B. Eco-physiology.- Chapter 3. Major habitats and diversity of thermophilic fungi.- Chapter 4. Thermophilic Fungi: Habitats and morpho-molecular adaptation.- Chapter 5. Modulation of physiological and molecular switches in thermophilic fungi-a brief outlook.- Chapter 6. Psychrotrophic microfungi: Major habitats, diversity and living strategies.- Chapter 7. Physiology and molecular biology of psychrotrophic fungi: an insight.- Chapter 8. Ecology, physiology and diversity of peizophilic fungi.- Chapter 9. Halophilic, acidophilic, alkaliphilic, metallophilic and radioresistant: Habitats and their living strategies.- Chapter 10. Ecology and diversity of microaerophilic fungi including endophytes.- Chapter 11. Soil fungi and hypoxic soils and aquatic sediments.- Chapter 12. Chaotolerant fungi: An unexplored group of extremophile.- Chapter 13. Xerophilic fungi: Physiology, Genetics and Biotechnology.- C. Applications.- Chapter 14. Extremophilic enzymes: catalytic features and industrial applications.- Chapter 15. Biotechnological application of extremophilic fungi.- Chapter 16. Extremophylic cellulases: Screening, purification, catalysis and applications.- Chapter 17. Extremophilic fungal xylanases: Screening, purification, assay and applications.- Chapter 18. Extremophilic fungal lipases: Screening, purification, assay and applications.- Chapter 19. Extremophilic fungal proteases: Screening, purification, assay and applications.- Chapter 20. Extremophilic fungal amylases: Screening, purification, assay and applications*.- Chapter 21. Extremophilic fungi as source of bioactive molecules.- Chapter 22. Piezophilic Fungi: Source of novel natural products with preclinical and clinical significance.- Chapter 23. Biotechnological applications of microaerophilic including endophytic fungi.- Chapter 24. Whole cell application potential of extremophilic fungi in bioremediation.- Chapter 25. Extremophilic fungi: Potential applications in sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 26. Nanomolecules: Synthesis by extremophilic fungi, related techniques and applications.- Chapter 27. Fungal extremozymes: A potential bioresource for green chemistry.- Chapter 28. Fungal extremozymes in green chemistry.- Chapter 29. Phylogenomics, Microbiome, and Morphological insights of extremophilic Truffles:the tale of a sensory stimulating ectomycorrhizal filamentous fungus.

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights the likely impacts of climate change in terms of global and national water securities, how different countries are attempting to address these complex problems and to what extent they are likely to succeed. A major global concern at present, especially after the social and economic havoc that has been caused by COVID-19 in only one year, is how we can return to earlier levels of economic development patterns and then further improve the process so that sustainable development goals are reached to the extent possible by 2030, in both developed and developing countries. Mankind is now facing two existential problems over the next several decades. These are climate change and whether the world will have access to enough water to meet all its food, energy, environment and health needs. Much of expected climate change impacts can be seen through the lens of extreme hydrological events, like droughts, floods and other extreme hydrometeorological events.Chapter 7 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Chapter 12 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsForeword 1, by First Minister of Scotland, UK. Foreword 2, by Vice-Chancellor, University of Glasgow, UK. Preface, by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada 1. Managing water resources under climate uncertainties, Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, University of Glasgow, UK. 2. Water security in the face of climate change, by Peter Joo Hee Ng and Sharon Zheng, PUB: Singapore’s National Water Agency, Singapore. 3. Water security and climate change: Hydropower reservoir greenhouse gas emissions, María Ubierna and Cristina Díez, International Hydropower Association, London, UK. 4. Water security under conditions of increased unpredictability: A case study, by Marius Classen, Pretoria, South Africa. 5. What are the key enablers in pursuing both disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation? Practical lessons from Asian River Basins, by Megumi Muto, Deputy Director, JICA Ogata Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. 6. Managing risks on Egypt water resources security: climate change and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as challenging aspects, by Mohamed Abdel Aty, Minister of Water Resources, Government of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt. 7. Designing research to catalyse climate action, by Bruce Currie-Alder, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. 8. Water resilient places—Developing a policy framework for surface water management and Blue-Green Infrastructure, by Barry Greig and D. Faichney, Government of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. 9. Supporting evidence-based water and climate change policy in Scotland through innovation and expert knowledge: The Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW), by Robert C. Ferrier, Rachel C. Helliwell, Helen M. Jones, Nikki H. Dodd, M. Sophie Beier, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, Scotland. 10. Assessment of and adaptation measures to the impacts of climate change on water resources in China, by Aifeng Lv and Shaofeng Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 11. Using waternomics to develop & avoid systemic shocks to the economy, by Debra Tan, President, China Water Risk, Hong Kong. 12. Consequences of declining resources on water services: The risks if we do not react! by Diane D’Arras, President, International Water Association, London, UK. 13. Resilience Through Systems Thinking for Water Infrastructure, by Cindy Wallis-Lage and Zeynep Kisoglu Erdal, President, Water Business, Black & Veatch, Kansas, USA. ​

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Book SynopsisThis book provides in-depth information about the ecology, diversity and applications of Actinomycetes. The book is divided into two major parts. The first part discusses the diversity, chemical biology and ecology of Actinomycetes. It also covers the discovery of natural products from soil, endophytic and marine-derived Actinomycetes. It includes natural product discovery, chemical biology, new methods for discovering secondary metabolites, structure elucidation and biosynthetic research of natural products. The chapters in this part focus on the effects of biological and chemical elicitation at molecular level on secondary metabolism in Actinomycetes. The second part of the book discusses genomic and synthetic biology approaches in Actinomycetes drug discovery. This part includes chapters focused on the application of metabolic engineering to optimize natural product synthesis and the use of omics data in engineering of regulatory genes. It covers the advanced tools of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering including cluster assembly, CRISPR/Cas9 technologies, and chassis strain development for natural product overproduction in Actinomycetes. It describes the use of bioinformatics tools for reprogramming of biosynthetic pathways through polyketide synthase and non-ribosomal peptide synthetase engineering. These advanced genomic and molecular tools are expected to accelerate the discovery and development of new natural products from Actinomycetes with medicinal and other industrial applications. The book is useful to researchers and students in the field of microbiology, pharmaceutical sciences and drug discovery.Table of ContentsSection 1: Diversity, Chemical biology and Ecology of Actinomycetes; and the Discovery of Natural Products Chapter 1: An overview on Natural products from Actinomycetes: their discovery and biosynthesis. Chapter 2: Isolation, identification (cultural and molecular techniques), and systematics of Actinomycetes from various sources (marine, soil, extremophilic environment). Chapter 3: Studies on diversity of nonribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase gene clusters among taxonomically close Actinomycetes strains. Chapter 4: Chemical elicitors and signaling molecules and their role in elicitation of secondary metabolism in Actinomycetes. Chapter 5: Regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis genes in Actinomycetes at molecular level. Chapter 6: Screening strategies for inhibitors against cancer cells from natural Products repository of Actinomycetes. Chapter 7: Rare and endophytic Actinomycetes in the biosynthesis of bioactive metabolites. Chapter 8: Advances in bioactivity guided isolation of natural products from Actinomycetes. Chapter 9: Natural product discovery from non-Streptomyces Actinomycetes. Chapter 10: Use of high-efficiency CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to study biology of Actinomycetes. Section 2: Genomic approaches and synthetic biology tools in Actinomycetes drug discovery and industrial compounds Chapter 11: An overview of biomedical, biotechnological and industrial applications of Actinomycetes Chapter 12: Genomics and proteomics approach in natural product discovery in Actinomycetes. Chapter 13: Structural dereplication and strain dereplication strategies and metabolomics in natural product research. Chapter 14: Genome mining of rare Actinomycetes and cryptic pathways for secondary metabolites. Chapter 15: Glycosylated bioactive compound discovery by from Actinomycetes by combination of genome mining, gene inactivation and activation of silent biosynthetic clusters. Chapter 16: Genetic engineering for overproducing bioactive secondary metabolites in Actinomycetes Chapter 17: Transcriptional gene cluster refactoring for increased secondary metabolites production Chapter 18: Synthetic biology in Actinomycetes for natural product discovery Chapter 19: Metabolic engineering of antibiotic factories: new tools for antibiotic production in Actinomycetes Chapter 20: Bioinformatic tools for use in pks and nrps discovery in Actinomycetes.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the whole picture of the ecological and evolutionary study on the ground beetle group, the subgenus Ohomopterus of the genus Carabus, endemic to Japan. This flightless beetle group consists of many geographic races. They show divergence in key traits for reproductive isolation—body size and genital morphology, which leads to coexistence of two or more species. This beetle group provides an important material to study how a lineage of organisms diversify and form multi-species assemblage, and thereby multiply their species richness. The book introduces novel genomic approaches to resolve questions about evolution of Ohomopterus. The readers will find that this story of evolution in Carabus beetles revealed by recent approaches is much different from what was told in previous literature.Exploring different cases across a wide range of lineages is important in constructing a synthetic theory of species radiation and richness, including speciation and species coexistence. This study on Ohomopterus beetles contributes to the ongoing discussion to understand how and why species multiply and how species richness increases in one area of our planet.Trade Review“The studies presented are inspiring in their scope, trajectory, and results, and I recommend this book to anyone interested in better understanding the bases of species richness and community assembly.” (David H. Kavanaugh, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 98 (2), June, 2023)Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to the world of CarabusChapter 2. Ohomopterus: a species radiation with diversification of key traits for mechanical reproductive isolationChapter 3. Biology of OhomopterusChapter 4. Species assemblagesChapter 5. Natural hybridization and reproductive isolationChapter 6. Evolutionary history of OhomopterusChapter 7. Evolution of a key trait for species diversity: body sizeChapter 8. Evolution of a key trait for species diversity: genital morphologyChapter 9. Overview: How does species richness increase?Literature cited

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume provides comprehensive and latest information on the fungal biodiversity in its morphological characters, bioactive molecules, pathogenicity and virulence, and its impacts on crop production and sustainable management of agricultural productivity towards resolving global food security issues. The increasing number of infectious fungal diseases are regarded as threats to agricultural productivity and global food security. The efforts done by scientists to inventories the fungal diversity and identification of fungal species contributing as pathogens towards many plant and human diseases have been compiled in the present volume. The identification of the potential fungal pathogens is a prerequisite for an effective disease control management program. Also important is to understand the complex interactions between the host-pathogen and the environment. The book dwells on insights on the aforementioned aspects. The book also includes articles on ecological significance of fungi and fungal antagonists used as biocontrol agents on other pathogens. This compilation is useful to scientists working in similar areas as well as to undergraduate and graduate students keen on getting updated information on the subject. Scientists involved in agricultural research, crop management, and industries that manufacture agrochemicals may also find it useful read. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Biology and management of spot blotch pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana of wheat.- Chapter 2. Biology and Management of Ustilaginoidea virens Causing False Smut Disease of Rice (Oryza sativa L.).- Chapter 3. Diversity of Some of the Major Fungal Pathogens of Soybean and Potential Management Options.- Chapter 4. Fungi and Mycotoxin in Rice: Concerns, Causes and Prevention Strategies.- Chapter 5. Bioactive profile of the wild mushroom Trogia cantharelloides.- Chapter 6. Prospects of Cordycepin and Polysaccharides produced by Cordyceps.- Chapter 7. Genome-mediated methods to unravel the native biogeographical diversity and biosynthetic potential of Trichoderma for plant health.- Chapter 8. The Diversity and Taxonomy of Phytopathogenic fungi in the genus Cladosporium from India.- Chapter 10. Diversity of Corticioid Fungi Belonging to the Family Meruliaceae in Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh.- Chapter 11. Diversity of Some Colorful Poroid and Non-poroid Agaricomyceteous Fungi and their Economic Importance.- Chapter 12. The Ganoderma: Biodiversity and Significance.- Chapter 13. Exploring Marine Fungal Diversity and their Applications in Agriculture.- Chapter 14. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungal Diversity from Coastal Dunes.- Chapter 15. Facets of AM Fungi in Sequestering Soil Carbon and Improving Soil Health.- Chapter 16. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Influence Crop Productivity, Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Services.- Chapter 17. Mycoremediation: A Natural Solution for Unnatural Problems.- Chapter 18. Fungal mediated effective exploitation of uncongenial wastes from environment.- Chapter 19. Impact of Fungi on Agriculture Production, Productivity and Sustainability.- Chapter 20. Efficacy of seed treatments with Bradyrhizobium japonicum to reduce occurrence of soybean sudden death syndrome in early-planted soybeans.- Chapter 21. Biocontrol potential of Bradyrhizobium japonicum against soybean sudden death syndrome - in irrigated and non-irrigated fields.- Chapter 22. Fungal Biocontrol Agents- An Eco-friendly Option for the Management of Plant Diseases to Attain Sustainable Agriculture in India.- Chapter 23. Challenges and Threats Posed by Plant Pathogenic Fungi on Agricultural Productivity and Economy.- Chapter 24. Challenges Faced by Farmers in Crops Production due to Fungal Pathogens and their Effect on Indian Economy.- Chapter 25. Understanding the Various Strategies for the Management of Fungal Pathogens in Crop Plants in the Current Scenario.- Chapter 26. Molecular basis of host-pathogen interaction: An overview.- Chapter 27. Biocontrol potential of fungi for pest and pathogen management.- Chapter 28. Role of Fungal Biocontrol Agents for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 29. Antagonistic Fungi against Plant Pathogens for Sustainable Agriculture.

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Book SynopsisThis book puts forward a new angle of understanding the society of states in the milieu of the contemporary world. The absence of a regulatory mechanism, i.e., anarchy, has been the fundamental issue of international relations. This book explains how the normative imperatives, information and communication technology (ICT) and nuclear deterrence generated ambiance have poised the states in a society where they are bound to follow certain normative imperatives that dilute the color and meaning of anarchy and obliges the states to act in a certain way. It develops a theoretical proposition with regard to state power defined in terms of the capability of determining the outcomes. The proposition first elaborates how international institutions foster normative imperatives; then, in line with this ontology, it narrows down the focus solely on the power of the states in the contemporary world. It explains how the power that can determine the outcome today is holistic in nature, comprising both materialistic and normative factors. In the next step, it tailors the proposition in a way so as to employ it for a specific empirical work. The book does not end just positing the theoretical proposition; the proposition is testified through some case studies with regard to climate negotiations under the UNFCCC. The empirical part not only serves to examine the plausibility of the theoretical proposition, but it also presents the logic of the major actors and the politics with respect to some of the major issues of climate change, i.e., mitigation, funding policy and mechanism and adaptation. The scholars in this arena, climate activists and climate-conscious people in general would find this book worth reading as it kindles a different angle to understand the issues in the context of the contemporary world and as it elaborates the logic, framing process, and mechanism of reaching outcomes through complex negotiation process. No other work has so far analyzed the issues covering the entire period of 21 apex UNFCCC negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement. Apart from university libraries, this book, thus, has the prospect to be sold in the markets targeting the academicians, climate change experts, bureaucrats, negotiators and the common readers.Table of Contents- Chapter 1. Power and Issue Framing in the context of Climate Negotiations - Chapter 2. The Normative Imperatives and Power of the States in the contemporary World: A Holistic Theoretical Proposition - Chapter 3. The concept of Framing and its utility for climate negotiations - Chapter 4. The Analytical Frameworks of the case studies - Chapter 5. Framing waves of the issues related to Mitigation - Chapter 6. Adaptation Funding issues in the UNFCCC Negotiation - Chapter 7. Institution Building in the Contemporary World: The case of the Funding Mechanism and Policies in UNFCCC Negotiations - Chapter 8. Reaching the outcome: Analysis through the lens of the holistic theoretical proposition - Chapter 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the concept of ecological system of the smart ports. The innovation is emphasized as the essence of the ecological system as well as the prerequisite and foundation of sustainable development of smart ports. The main supporting technologies of smart ports, including cyber-physical system, middle-office system, blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine vision, AR/VR, system simulation and emulation, digital monitoring and diagnosis, etc., are introduced with concepts and development descriptions as well as practical application cases. It could be used as demonstration and reference for the administrative staff, engineers and technicians as well as researchers in construction and operation of smart ports.Table of ContentsChapter 1 General Introduction 1.1 General Introduction to Smart Port 1.2 Smart Port and Revolution of New Technologies 1.3 Development History of Smart Port 1.4 Current Construction of Smart Port Chapter 2 Ecology of Smart Port 2.1 Ecological Environment of Smart Port 2.2 Ecological Features of Smart Port Chapter 3 Smart Port and Cyber-Physical System 3.1 General Introduction to Cyber-Physical System 3.2 Development of Cyber-Physical System 3.3 Applications of Cyber-Physical System in Smart Port Chapter 4 Smart Port and Middle-Office System 4.1 General Introduction to Middle Office 4.2 Development of Middle Office 4.3 Applications of Digital Middle Office in Smart Port Chapter 5 Smart Port and Blockchain Technology 5.1 General Introduction to Blockchain 5.2 Development of Blockchain 5.3 Typical Applications of Blockchain Chapter 6 Smart Port and Artificial Intelligence 6.1 General Introduction of AI 6.2 Development of AI 6.3 Applications of AI in Smart Port Chapter 7 Smart Port and Machine Vision 7.1 General Introduction to Machine Vision 7.2 Development of Machine Vision 7.3 Applications of Machine Vision Technology in Smart Port Chapter 8 Smart Port and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Technology 8.1 Introduction to Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality 8.2 Development of AR/VR Technology 8.3 Applications of VR/AR Technology in Smart Port Chapter 9 Smart Port and System Simulation/Emulation 9.1 Concept of System Simulation 9.2 Development of System Simulation 9.3 Applications of System Simulation in Smart Port 9.4 Applications of Emulation in Smart Port Chapter 10 Smart Port and Digital Monitoring & Diagnosis 10.1 Overview of Digital Monitoring and Diagnosis 10.2 Development of Digital Monitoring and Diagnosis 10.3 Applications of Digital Monitoring and Diagnosis in Smart Port Chapter 11 Development Trend and Target of Smart Port 11.1 Development Trend of Main Hot Technologies 11.2 Development Trend of Smart Port 11.3 Development Target of Smart Port

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access book. It is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the interlinkages between biodiversity and multiple dimensions of health (e.g., physical, mental, and spiritual) in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). This book provides insights on how SEPLS approaches can contribute to more sustainable management of natural resources, achieving global biodiversity and sustainable development goals, and good health for all. It is also expected to offer useful knowledge and information for an upcoming three-year thematic assessment of “the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food, and health” (the so-called “nexus assessment”) by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The book begins with an introductory chapter followed by eleven case study chapters demonstrating the nexus between biodiversity, health, and sustainable development, and then a synthesis chapter clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to policy and academic discussions. It will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and professionals in the field related to sustainable development. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Human-Nature Cooperation for Well-being: Community Understanding on One Health Approach in the COVID-19 Era in the Sundarbans .- Chapter 3. Linking Biocultural Memory Conservation and Human Well-Being in Indigenous Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in the Colombian Pacific Region.- Chapter 4. SEPLS Well-being as a Vision: Co-managing for Diversity, Connectivity and Adaptive Capacity in Xinshe Village, Hualien County, Chinese Taipei.- Chapter 5. To Take Care of the Land Means Taking Care of Ourselves”: Local Perceptions on Human and Environmental Health in a High Agrobiodiversity Landscape in the Yucatan Peninsula.- Chapter 6. Community ‘Bio-rights’ in Augmenting Health and Climate Resilience of a Socio-ecological Production Landscape in Peri-urban Ramsar Wetlands.- Chapter 7. Effective Water Management for Landscape Management in the Siem Reap Catchment, Cambodia.- Chapter 8.Are the Skiing Industry, Globalisation and Urbanisation of Alpine Landscapes Threatening Human Health and Ecosystem Diversity?.- Chapter 9.Promoting Local Health Traditions and Local Food Baskets: A Case Study from a Bio-cultural Hotspot of India.- Chapter 10.Safeguarding the Biodiversity Associated with Local Foodways in Traditionally-Managed Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in Kenya.- Chapter 11.Multi-stakeholder Approach to Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity and Enhancing Food Security and Community Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.- Chapter 12.Reducing Commodity-Driven Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Pesticide Use and Impacts on Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes (SEPL) in Ghana.- Chapter 13. Synthesis: Concept, Methodologies and Strategies to Address the Nexus in SEPLS.

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access book. It is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the interlinkages between biodiversity and multiple dimensions of health (e.g., physical, mental, and spiritual) in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). This book provides insights on how SEPLS approaches can contribute to more sustainable management of natural resources, achieving global biodiversity and sustainable development goals, and good health for all. It is also expected to offer useful knowledge and information for an upcoming three-year thematic assessment of “the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food, and health” (the so-called “nexus assessment”) by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The book begins with an introductory chapter followed by eleven case study chapters demonstrating the nexus between biodiversity, health, and sustainable development, and then a synthesis chapter clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to policy and academic discussions. It will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and professionals in the field related to sustainable development. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Human-Nature Cooperation for Well-being: Community Understanding on One Health Approach in the COVID-19 Era in the Sundarbans .- Chapter 3. Linking Biocultural Memory Conservation and Human Well-Being in Indigenous Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in the Colombian Pacific Region.- Chapter 4. SEPLS Well-being as a Vision: Co-managing for Diversity, Connectivity and Adaptive Capacity in Xinshe Village, Hualien County, Chinese Taipei.- Chapter 5. To Take Care of the Land Means Taking Care of Ourselves”: Local Perceptions on Human and Environmental Health in a High Agrobiodiversity Landscape in the Yucatan Peninsula.- Chapter 6. Community ‘Bio-rights’ in Augmenting Health and Climate Resilience of a Socio-ecological Production Landscape in Peri-urban Ramsar Wetlands.- Chapter 7. Effective Water Management for Landscape Management in the Siem Reap Catchment, Cambodia.- Chapter 8.Are the Skiing Industry, Globalisation and Urbanisation of Alpine Landscapes Threatening Human Health and Ecosystem Diversity?.- Chapter 9.Promoting Local Health Traditions and Local Food Baskets: A Case Study from a Bio-cultural Hotspot of India.- Chapter 10.Safeguarding the Biodiversity Associated with Local Foodways in Traditionally-Managed Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in Kenya.- Chapter 11.Multi-stakeholder Approach to Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity and Enhancing Food Security and Community Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.- Chapter 12.Reducing Commodity-Driven Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Pesticide Use and Impacts on Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes (SEPL) in Ghana.- Chapter 13. Synthesis: Concept, Methodologies and Strategies to Address the Nexus in SEPLS.

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Book SynopsisThis unique book provides excellent examples of ongoing, leading-edge research related to viruses, especially COVID-19. It is written from the viewpoint of various scientific fields including materials science. It introduces and describes viruses (submicroscopic infectious agents that replicate inside the living cells of an organism), various infections caused by viruses (human to human, human to other organisms to humans, humans to materials to humans, etc.), not only from the viewpoint of medical research but also from other scientific disciplines. A major focus of the book is the COVID-19 virus. Highlighted topics include the evolution of COVID-19, transmission of virus particles through the air, virus spread through various materials, detection of the virus by testing wastewater, the development and testing of vaccines and therapeutic drugs, and the preparation for future viruses and pandemics. This includes reform in funeral services to properly and safely accommodate very large numbers of bodies in a pandemic, like those seen in New York City when it was the epicenter for the virus in the United States. This book serves as an excellent and very informative guide (practical book) for engineers and researchers of various backgrounds and as a great academic textbook.Table of ContentsChapter 1. General Information about Viruses.- Chapter 2.INFECTION.- Chapter 3.Infection and Materials: The Role of Materials’ Surfaces as Interfaces between Materials and the Microbial/Virus Environments.- Chapter 4.Viral Behaviors on Materials and the International Standard between Materials and Microbial/Viral Environments.- Chapter 5.The Evolution of SARS-CoV-2.- Chapter 6.Computational Modeling of Aerosol Transmission of COVID-19.- Chapter 7. Respiratory Virus Deposition and Resuspension from Indoor Surfaces.- Chapter 8. Surveillance of Wastewater for COVID-19.- Chapter 9. Distributed Consensus based COVID-19 Hotspot.- Chapter 10.Antiviral Drugs, Antibodies, and Vaccines for COVID-19.- Chapter 11. Controlling COVID-19 and Preparing for Future Pandemics.- Chapter 12.Pandemic and Reform in Funeral Services.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the latest research findings on the laterality of fish and other animals. It describes all aspects of lateral asymmetry, including ecology, morphology, behaviour, dynamics of lefty and righty morphs, genetics and evolution, through field observations, experiments and modeling. Lateral asymmetry in scale-eating cichlids gives a simple and beautiful example of negative frequency-dependent selection and resulting oscillation of lefty and righty morph frequencies. Lateral dimorphism is found not only in scale-eaters but in all orders of fish, shrimps and cuttlefish. Lateral asymmetry interacts between species through "cross-predation." Contrary to fish, lateral asymmetry in snails acts as, in most cases, positive frequency-dependent selection and provides deep insights into speciation. Especially, snakes eating righty snails facilitate speciation of lefty snails.As a collaboration work of field ecologists and theoretical biologists, this book covers a variety of topics on lateral asymmetry, which are consistently related to predation. The topics include behavioral ecology, population dynamics, physiology, evolution, genetics, development, learning and neuroscience, statistics, with the subjects of fish, shrimp, prawn, and crayfish, crab, cuttlefish, and snake and snail. Chapters cover new research results such as cuttlefish laterality dynamics, interaction between laterality of snails and snakes, evolution of laterality genetic system, and statistical analysis of laterality oscillation. Readers will appreciate the simplicity and beauty of lateral asymmetry and its profound impact on ecology and evolution.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Laterality of Fish – Anti-symmetry in Fish Populations Maintained by the Interspecific Interaction.- Chapter 2. Universality of laterality among fish and invertebrates in aquatic communities.- Chapter 3.Predominance of Cross Predation or Parallel Predation in Fish.- Chapter 4.Behavioral laterality in the scale-eating cichlid fish: detailed movement, development, and neuronal mechanisms.- Chapter 5.Models of Lateral Asymmetry Dynamics:Realistic Oscillations by Time Delay andFrequency Dependence.- Chapter 6.Mathematical models of predators and prey with laterality.- Chapter 7.Statistical Analysis of Lateral Asymmetry:Detect Antisymmetry and Oscillation fromUnequal-Interval Binomial Data.- Chapter 8.Models of Genetic System of LateralAsymmetry: Population Dynamics DriveEvolution of Genetic System.- Chapter 9.Mechanisms Underlying Variations in the Dentition Asymmetry of Asian Snail-Eating Snakes.- Chapter 10.Single-gene speciation, balanced polymorphism, and antagonistic coevolution in left-right asymmetry of land snails.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the historical evolution, regional differences, and quantitative measurement on street interface, which forms the street space and plays a very important role in urban form. Empirical research reveals the street interface in Chinese cities are much more complicated than European and American cities. This book explores the reason and reveals the relationship between street interface and urban form in morphology. By constructing quantitative measurement method on street interface morphology, quantitative parameters can be used in urban planning guidelines in China. Both researchers and students working in architecture, urban design, urban planning and urban studies can benefit from this book.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part 1: Street interface in historical and regional context.- Chapter 1: The historical evolution of street interface in Chinese cities.- Chapter 2: The historical evolution of street interface in European cities.- Chapter 3: The comparison of street interface between Chinese and Western Cities.- Part 2: Quantitative method of street interface morphology.- Chapter 4: Review of qualitative research on street morphology.- Chapter 5: Review of quantitative research on street morphology.- Chapter 6: Constructing quantitative method on street interface morphology.- Part 3: Empirical application of quantitative method.- Chapter 7: Street interface density.- Chapter 8: Build-to-line ratio and Near-line ratio.- Chapter 9: Integrated application.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book covers major importance of tropical forest diversity and its values to vegetation, wildlife, and the local community. It addresses the current issues and opportunities in the Southeast Asia’s tropical forests. This book lays the groundwork for a better understanding of tropical forest ecosystem services. Ecosystem services has four concepts: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. In an era of rapid population growth and increasing pressure on tropical natural resources, ecosystem services have become central to the discussion of climate change mitigation. The values of tropical forest ecosystem services deserve to be the highlighted when it comes to shaping responsible behaviors towards sustainable development goals (SDGs). This book is of interest and useful to researchers and academics teaching in the field of tropical forest conservation, tropical ecosystems, tropical products technology, ecotourism, forest plantation management, bio industrial economy, agroforestry business and marketing. Professionals, foresters, industrial entrepreneurs, ecologists, and a valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students in the region.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Conservation of Tropical Forest for the Well-being of Community.- Chapter 2. Forest Pathology in Ecosystem Services.- Chapter 3. Non-Timber Forest Problems: NTFPs in Conservation and Development Initiatives.- Chapter 4. Characterizing and assessing forest density and productivity of Ulu Muda Forest Reserve based on satellite imageries.- Chapter 5. Temporal Reduction of Forest Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Deforestation.- Chapter 6. A Trade-Off Analysis of Sustainable Landscape Planning: A Case Study of Sintang Regency (Heart of Borneo), Kalimantan.- Chapter 7. Land Use and Land Cover Change Prediction using ANN-CA model.- Chapter 8. Linking Blue-Green Infrastructure to Micoclimate and Human Thermal Comfort for Urban Cooling: A review.- Chapter 9. Assessing the Community Participation in Ecotourism at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Malaysia.- Chapter 10. Improving Livelihood of Sugar Palm Community in Malaysia.- Chapter 11. Local community involvement in Mangrove Forest conservation and edutourism in Kampung Sijangkang.- Chapter 12. The Resilience of the Natural Resource Dependency of Indigenous People in a Wilderness Area: The Case of Virachey National Park, Cambodia.- Chapter 13. Reconciling the values and needs of wildlife and local communities: A way forward to deal with human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book covers all aspects of forest deforestation and degradation in detail and their link to land degradation. Poor natural resource management is often a contributory factor in the depletion of resources particularly like degradation of land which hinders the goals to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN). Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 15.3 states: “By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought, and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world.” To achieve the set goals a comprehensive multidirectional approach is required involving policymakers, field functionaries, researchers, and above all educators. The book compiles the field experiences and wisdom of some of the best researchers and authors working in the field of land degradations for quite a long time. The objective of the book is to disseminate the status of land degradation, the importance of achieving land degradation and share success stories of reclaiming Land degradation, and suggests means and ways of achieving land degradation neutrality. This book act as a repository of knowledge on Land degradation neutrality for students, researchers and practitioners, and policy planners. Table of Contentschapter 1. Forest Resources of the World: Present Status and Future Prospectus.- Chapter 2. Effect of Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation on Ecosystem Services.- Chapter 3. Impact of Deforestation on Faunal Diversity and Its Management Strategies.- Chapter 4. Drivers of Deforestation, Forest Degradation and Management Responses in Ghana.- Chapter 5. Forest Degradation in Nigeria: Case Study of Rugu Forest Reserve, Katsina State.- Chapter 6.Deforestation and Degradation in the Mangrove Ecosystem: Implication on Environment and Livelihoods.- Chapter 7. Assessing Land Degradation using SDG 15.3.1 Indicators: Case Study from Climatevulnerable Assam State of India.- Chapter 8. Benefits and Risks Analysis of a Novel Nomadic Practice in Northeast China.- Chapter 9.Soil Degradation: Causes, Consequences and Analytical Tools.- Chapter 10. Accountability of Woody Plants for Restoring Degraded Forest Landscapes and Provision for Ecosystem Services: An overview.- Chapter 11. Ecological Restoration of Degraded Forests for Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality.- Chapter 12. Tree Plantation: A Silver Bullet to Achieve Carbon Neutrality.- Chapter 13. Role of Protected Area in Conservation and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity: An Indian Perspective.- Chapter 14. Structure, Pattern and Composition of Riparian Vegetation in North-Western Himalayas, India.- Chapter 15. Land Degradation Neutrality in Coastal India: Case of Mobius' Strip Linking Pedodiversity and Biodiversity.- Chapter 16. Role of REDD+ in reducing Land Degradation and Achieving SDGs.- Chapter 17. Carbon Sequestration Acts as a Moderator for Soil Restoration of Degraded Coal Mined Lands: An Overview.- Chapter 18. Nature Conservation Effects on Forest Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity of Plants and Macro-fungi: A Case Study in Central Lesser Khingan Mountains, NE China.- Chapter 19. Urban Forest Resources: A Strategy for Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality.- Chapter 20. Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Management in Agroforestry Systems for Ecological Sustainability.- Chapter 21. Land Degradation Neutrality for Achieving Climate Resilience in Agriculture.- Chapter 22. NTFP and Homegarden vis-à-vis Land Degradation Neutrality: Sustainable Livelihood and development.- Chapter 23. Indian Forests: Sustainable Uses and Its Role in Livelihood Security.

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Book SynopsisThe edited book covers the climate change impact broadly across the ecosystems including increasing pressure on livelihood and food supplies to the society. Climate change, in particular, rising temperatures, can have both direct and indirect effects on global fish production. Fisheries and aquaculture is one of the important sectors of agriculture for livelihood and nutritional security. Fish, being poikilothermic in nature are very sensitive to any change in the ecosystem. In commercial aquaculture, it is crucial to ensure that environmental rearing conditions are adequate, if not optimal, for fish growth, welfare and profitability. Thus, the book develops an understanding regarding changes in relevant environmental parameters and its affect in the growth and physiological performance of fish. Fish feeds on natural food organisms, but the adverse changes in the ecosystem attracts nutritionists to provide better food and feeding strategies for optimum growth and survival of the fish. it is become necessary to develop preparedness about the changes and their mitigation strategies through fish nutrition and feeding strategies. This book addresses the potential impact of climate change on the aquaculture sector under sections - Assessment of Global Warming Impact on aquatic resources and fish production, Adaptation in Fish Digestive Physiology and Biochemistry under Changing Environment, Prioritization of fish feed technology with respect to changing climate for adaptation and mitigation, Strategies and planning on reproductive physiology and feed management for biodiversity conservation. The chapters are contributed by the experts in the field of fish nutrition and physiology. The book assists fish farmers, entrepreneurs, planners and advisors specifically related to nutritional and physico-biochemical changes in fishes to adapt or mitigate the adverse effect of climate change. Table of Contents1. The Perspective of climate change on aquatic environment and fish production.- 2. Climate Change: Stressor on Marine Buffer System.- 3. Climate Change: Impact on Fauna and Fishing Activity 0f River.- 4. Possible Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries.- 5. Impact of global warming on changing pattern of biodiversity and fish production in inland open waters.- 6. Climate Change and Coral Reef Ecosystem: Impacts and Management Strategies.- 7. Implications of Climate Change on Fisheries and Food Security.- 8. Nexus of climate change with fish production and its implications on livelihood and nutritional security.- 9. Gut microbes and its physiological role in fish: adaptive strategies for climatic variability.- 10. Metabolic adaptation of fishes under different consequences of climate change.- 11. Argulus Parasitism in Aquaculture: An Elevated Temperature Scenario.- 12. Effect of environmental variability on the pigmentation of Fishes.- 13. Climate Change and stress Response in Teleost. 14. Impact of Climate Change on Emergence of Biotoxin in Fish and Shellfish.- 15. Metabolomic response to high temperature stress in murrel Channa striatus and insights for designer feeds.- 16. Feed and feeding management for sustainable growth and health of fish in varying climatic condition.- 17. Vulnerability and Mitigation Approach to Nutritional Pathology for Sustainable Fish Growth in Changing Climatic Conditions.- 18. Technology Prioritization For Climate-Resilient Nutritive Fish.- 19. Role of Dietary supplements in stress amelioration of teleost fishes.- 20. Dealing the hardship in aquaculture nutrition in a changing climatic condition.- 21. Strategies to mitigate climate change-imposed challenges in fish nutrition.- 22. Duckweed-based circular aquaculture for climate resilience and carbon foot-print reduction of fed Aquaculture.- 23. Nutraceuticals in aquaculture: a prospective climate change adaptation strategy.- 24. Broodstock development, induced breeding, and seed production of climbing perch Anabas testudineus: An alternative aquaculture species for changing environment.- 25. Effect of changing environmental factors on reproductive cycle and endocrinology of fishes.- 26. Impact of climate change on fish reproduction and climate-resilient broodstock management.- 27. Nutrition and environment interactions in aquaculture.- 28. Reproductive and maternal nutrition in changing climatic conditions.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers all aspects of fisheries and aquaculture of the temperate Himalayas, including fisheries resources, fish biodiversity, aquaculture status, prospects, and potential. It also includes mapping of resources, health and disease management of cultured species, feed and nutritional aspects of the cultured fish species, ornamental fisheries aspects, etc. In addition, it elucidates the recent advances in biotechnological interventions for enhancing fisheries and aquaculture productivity in the region. Essential information on the application of Geo Information System (GIS) for resource mapping, the scope of adopting re-circulatory aquaculture system for productivity enhancement, and trout culture in the Himalayan waters are provided in the book. A detailed account of recreational fisheries and fish-based ecotourism in the temperate Himalayas for generating livelihood has been provided. The impact of climate change on the fisheries of the Himalayas has been dealt with separately. The book also covers the conservation and rehabilitation aspects of endangered species of the region. This book will become a ready reference for the scientists, teachers, researchers, students, policymakers, and other stakeholders for managing fishery resources in the temperate Himalayas.Table of ContentsAttached

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the contemporary environmental issues faced by life on the planet and the role planetary microbiomes play in such issues. Providing insights on the net favorable and adverse effect of microbial processes, this volume covers both the spontaneous and anthropocentric events that impact climate change and life on the planet. The book describes the ecological significance of microbiomes associated with the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia with respect to climate change, natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change, microbial interactions in nature, planetary microbiomes and food security, climate change in relation to disease epidemiology and human health and engineering microorganisms to mitigate the consequences of climate change. The individual chapters in the intended book provide both theoretical and practical exposure to the current issues and future challenges of climate change in relation to the microbiomes. This collection should serve as ready reference to the researchers working in the area to reshape their future research in addressing the challenges of global climate change.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisIn this "Tropical Peatland Eco-management" book, eco-management is new terminology as an abbreviation of "ecology-based management for natural capital enhancement". Key concept on this eco-management is derived from previous book: "Tropical Peatland Ecosystem"(Springer, 2015, eds. by M. Osaki and N. Tsuji). Based on this new concept, this book thoroughly examines tropical peatland eco-management for scientists, political decision makers, governmental officials, land managers, students, and NGO/NPOs who are interested in 1) what the impact of peatland on climate change and ecosystem function, 2) how the management of disturbed peatland, and 3) drawing global scale restoration mechanisms of peatland and wetland. In tropical peatland, a large amount of GHGs (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) is emitted due to the unappropriate development and inadequate management of peatland. The peatland ecosystems consist of the carbon–water complex, which is affected easily by the impact of human and climate change. Throughout much research of tropical peatland, the problems that result from development of tropical peatland are found to stem mainly from a lack of understanding of the complexities of this ecosystem and the fragility of the relationship between peat and forest and also between carbon and water. In past, almost all peatland development and management system have been generally designed on “water drainage system”. On the contrast of old system, an innovated eco- management is, here, proposed as “water irrigation system”, including water cycling and natural capital enhancement. Through this book readers will learn the advanced peatland eco-management, with more practical methods and procedure based on ecosystem knowledge. Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisNorth eastern himalayan ecosystem issues challenges, and need for technology interventions.- Space technology applications for agriculture horticulture and sericulture in ne india.- Remote sensing based soil resources assessment.- Geospatial technology for climate resilient agriculture.- Rs based forest resource assessment and management in ne india.- Estimation of forest above ground biomass using geospatial technology.- Forest fire characterization of north east region of india.- Geological feature extraction and mineral exploration for ner.- Geodynamic study for ne himalayan region.- Understanding the landslide hazard prevailing in ne india.- Urban planning in north eastern hill towns through space technology.- Geospatial technology for greenfield and rural development.- Multi hazard risk assessment using geospatial technology.- Geospatial technology support for water resources management in ne india.- Gis based hydrological flood early warning system in ner.- Integrated geospatial modeling for hydro-power management.- Emerging geospatial technology for empowering governance activities in north east region of india.- Geoai exploring trends and potential applications.- Advancement in drone data processing, analytics and applications.- The physics and dynamics of aerosols trace gases & atmospheric boundary layer over the eastern himalayan region.- Space technology for severe weather prediction over mountainous regions.- Climate change scenario and trend analysis in ne india.- Satcom networks and its utilizations for societal applications in north eastern region of india.- Unmanned aerial vehicle technology development and its applications.- North eastern regional node for disaster risk reduction a single window platform.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. MXenes: An Overview for Future Utility in the Energy Storage and Conversion.- Chapter 2. Preparation Methods, Functionalization, and Physicochemical Properties of MXenes.- Chapter 3. Mechanistic Approaches of Nanostructured MXenes for Energy Storage Applications.- Chapter 4. Role of MXenes toward enzymatic biofuel and biofuel cell design.- Chapter 5. Potentialities of MXenes and its Hybrid Materials for Hydrogen Storage.- Chapter 6. Utility of MXenes and its Hybrid Materials for Batteries.- Chapter 7. MXene-Based Materials for Photocatalytic Water Splitting.-  Chapter 8. Potentialities of MXenes and MXene-Based Materials for Supercapacitor Applications.- Chapter 9. Utility of MXenes for Catalysis, Electrocatalysis, and Fuel Cells.- Chapter 10. Technological Aspects of MXenes: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives.

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Book Synopsis1. Biofuels as emerging and sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels: Environmental, Energetic and Economic perspectives.- 2. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass.- 3. Impact of biofuels on the environment, biodiversity, agriculture and water resources: potential solutions.- 4. Extremophilic microorganisms and their metabolic remodulation to explore unconventional cell factories for sustainable biofuel and bioenergy production.- 5. Inspiration from natural biomass utilization system for a sustainable lignocellulosic refinery.- 6. Bioengineering the rumen microbiota as an advanced biocatalyst for renewable fuels.- 7. Termite-based biorefinery as an innovative model for biohydrogen and biomethane production.- 8. Biomimics of the insect gut for advanced design of lignocellulosic biorefinery.- 9. Technological interventions to bioengineer extremophilic microorganisms for biofuel and bioenergy productions.- 10. Global Policies and Perspectives of Biofuels and Bioenergy: Efforts to Combat Climate Change.- 11. Economics and policies of the developed nations for the promotion of lignocellulosic biofuels and bioenergy.- 12. Assessing the Market and Policies for Biofuels/Bioenergy across Asian Countries.- 13. Role Of Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence In Biofueld And Bioenergy.- 14. Application of computational and in-silico strategies for sustainable future biofuels and bioenergy.- 15. Fourth Generation Biofuels: Genetic Engineering for Sustainable Energy.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. From Ignorance to Concern: Highlighting New Pollutants in Sewage Sludge.- Chapter 2. Advanced Treatment Techniques for Deodorization of Industrial off Gases and Wastewater Pollutant (BTEX) Removal.- Chapter 3. Unveiling the Sulfur Surge: Assessing Global Freshwater Contamination and Innovating Sustainable Bioremediation Strategies.- Chapter 4. Sulphate Reducing Bacteria in wastewater treatment processes.- Chapter 5. Different approaches for treating aquaculture wastewater and its reuse.- Chapter 6. Valorization of waste water by the application of probiotic, nitrifying and denitrifying bacterial consortium.- Chapter 7. Hexamine, a major wastewater pollutant: the complete story.- Chapter 8. Application of microbial technology in wastewater treatment.- Chapter 9. Role of the Microbial Community in Energy Recovery via Wastewater Treatment.- Chapter 10. Microbial Cultures and Pre-treatment Strategies for Hydrogen Production from Agricultural Crop Residues.- Chapter 11. Microalgae: nature's green gold and their potential to meet sustainable development goals.- Chapter 12. Potential and feasibility of metal cyanoremediation in the environment.- Chapter 13. Algae-mediated Wastewater Valorization and Bioenergy Recovery.- Chapter 14. Microalgae-Based Biofuel for Sustainable Bioenergy Production.- Chapter 15. Green Fuel Revolution: Microalgae in Wastewater for Sustainable Biodiesel Production.- Chapter 16. Microbial biofilms in wastewater treatment:  A sustainable approach.- Chapter 17. Membrane Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Biogas Upgrading.- Chapter 18. Simultaneous Treatment of Wastewater with Energy Recovery: A Microbial Fuel Cell Approach.- Chapter 19. Microbial Fuel Cells: Bifunctionalized Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Energy Recovery Innovation.- Chapter 20. Nanoparticles: A New Paradigm for Wastewater Treatment.- Chapter 21. Nanomaterial Innovations for Environmental Health: Advancing  Wastewater Treatment Technologies.- Chapter 22. Carbon-based layered double hydroxides for solar photo-mineralisation of textile dye waste.- Chapter 23. Nanobiotechnology in Wastewater Treatment and Circular Economy: Frontiers in Wastewater Management.- Chapter 24. Visible Light Driven Photocatalysis Using Semiconductor and Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Industrial Waste Water Treatment.

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Book SynopsisSection-I: Introductory chapters.- Chapter 1. Science, Technology And Novelty For Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives And Challenges From Environment, Ecology, And Human Society In A Changing World.- Chapter 2. Microbial Technology: A Green Path To Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter 3. Perspectives On The Role Of Science And Technology For A Cleaner And Greener Tomorrow.- Section II: Role of Biological Innovations for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 4. Synthetic Biology: Engineering Life For Sustainable Applications.- Chapter 5. Biosurfactants: A Viable Approach Towards Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 6. Plant-Based Super Foods For A Sustainable Future.- Chapter 7.  Role Of Nanoscience And Nanotechnology In Sustainable Development.- Chapter 8. Biomedical Devices For Remote Diagnosis And  Monitoring Based On Iot.- Chapter 9. Medical Physics Sustenance In Modern India.-     Chapter 10. Newer Devices And Remote Diagnostics And Monitoring Based On Iot.- Chapter 11. Bibliometric Analysis Of Biomedical Iot Devices For Remote Diagnosis And Monitoring.- Section III: Role of Biotechnological and Microbiological Advancements for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 12. Biotechnology As A Catalyst For Sustainable Development: Leveraging Innovation For Global Goals.- Chapter 13. Sustainable Development Of Agriculture Through Biotechnological Interventions- An Ideal Approach.- Chapter 14. Microalgae-Based Remediation Of Contaminated Water- A Way Forward To Achieve Sdgs Goal-6.- Chapter 15. Microbial Strategies to Remove Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals From Water For Sustainable Human Civilization.- Chapter 16. Contributory Role of Biosurfactant in Creating a Sustainable Environment.- Chapter 17. Green Carbon Dots: A Ne Avenue Toards Sustainable Development.- Section IV: Role of Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 18. Valorization Of Agro-Industrial Waste Into Value-Added Nutraceuticals For Sustainable Development.- Chapter 19. Navigating Sustainable And Healthy Future: Green Nanotechnology, Regulatory Priorities, And Challenges.- Chapter 20. From Challenges To Opportunities: Exploring Minimum Liquid Discharge And Zero Liquid Discharge Strategies For Wastewater Management And Resource Recovery.- Section V: Role of Applied Sciences for Sustainable Development.-  Chapter 21. Microbial Biotechnology: A Catalyst For Sustainable Development And Circular Economies.- Chapter 22. Pharma Sciences As A Tool For Sustainable Development.- Chapter 23. Sustainable Practices And Circular Economy In Pharmaceutical Sciences In India And Abroad.- Chapter 24. Agro-Biotechnology: A Rescue Against World Hunger.- Chapter 25. Paving The Way For A Better Tomorrow.- Chapter 26. Present And Future Aspects Of Nuclear Medicine Technology For Sustainable Development In India.- Chapter 27. Geen Hrm : Catalyst For Sustainable Development And Organizational Success.- Chapter 28. Journey Of Indian Space Organisation (Isro).- Section VI: Technological Interventions for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 29. The Role Of Computer Science In Advancing Sustainable Development Goals: A Comprehensive Analysis.- Chapter 30. From Code To Sustainability: The Impact Of Computer Science For Sustainable Development.- Chapter 31. Role Of Molecular Modelling  In Sustainable Development.- Chapter 32. Recent Advances in Self-Healing Electronic Materials for Energy-Harvesting Devices.- Chapter 33. Flow of Complex Fluids Through Packed Bed.- Chapter 34. Role of Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Development in India.

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Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1_Global Scenario of Shrimp Industry-Present Status and Future Prospects.- Chapter 2_Taxonomy, Biology and Anatomy of White leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei.- Chapter 3_Shrimp Farming in Salt-Affected Degraded Lands in the North-Western Inland States of India - A Lucrative Savior to be Saved.- Chapter 4_Genetics of Whiteleg Vannamei shrimp.- Chapter 5_Breeding and Seed Production of Shrimp under Captive Conditions.- Chapter 6_Principles and Practices of Shrimp culture- Pre-stocking, Stocking and Post-Stocking Management Practices.- Chapter 7_Diversification and Alternatives to Vannamei Shrimp: Road Ahead.- Chapter 8_Recent Advances on Responsible Use of Probiotics in Shrimp Culture.- Chapter 9_Recent advances in shrimp disease diagnosis.- Chapter 10_Strategies for Control of AMR Pathogens in Shrimp Farming - One Health Approach.- Chapter 11_Status and management of viral diseases in shrimp farming.- Chapter 12_An Overview of Enterocytozoon Hepatopenaei (EHP) Infection in Shrimp.- Chapter 13_Development and health management of penaeid shrimp broodstocks.- Chapter 14_Immunity and Immunity Orchestration in Shrimp.- Chapter 15_Status and Management of Bacterial Diseases in Shrimp Farming.- Chapter 16_Biosecurity and its role in the prevention of shrimp diseases.- Chapter 17_Quality Control of Shrimp under Refrigerated Storage.- Chapter 18_Recent Advances in Shrimp Nutrition and the Nutritional Significance of Shrimp to Human Health.- Chapter 19_Feeds and   Feeding strategies towards a Sustainable Shrimp Crop.- Chapter 20_Quality Deterioration of Shrimp Associated with Microbial Spoilage.- Chapter 21_Utilization of Shrimp Processing Waste: Value added products and applications.- Chapter 22_Quality deterioration of shrimp during postharvest handling and cold storage: Causes and prevention.- Chapter 23_Regulatory Framework for Shrimp Culture and Handling - A Global Perspective.

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Book Synopsis1. Renewable Energy Development Sources and Technology: Overview.- 2. Renewable Energy Insights: Sources and Technological Advancements.- 3. Solar Energy and Environmental Application.- 4. Role of Solar Energy for Sustainable Environment.- 5. Solar energy and Smart cities: A holistic approach for sustainable development.- 6. Solar Energy and its Utilization in Smart Cities.- 7.  Integration of Renewable Energy in Buildings.- 8. Sustainable Electricity Generation Through Solar Energy Technologies.- 9. Biomass energy conversion technologies to produce electrical power, green hydrogen, bio-oil and biochar through biomass gasification and pyrolysis.- 10. Hydrogen Energy: Innovation in Production, Storage, and Diverse Applications.- 11. Hydrogen Horizons: Advancements, Applications, and Global Initiatives.- 12. Porous Organic Polymers for Renewable Energy Development.- 13. Advanced biobased materials for renewable energy development.- 14. Achieving net-zero emission: A sustainable future with renewable energy.- 15. Renewable Energy in Focus: Development Trends, Challenges, and Policy Responses.- 16. Environmental Aspects and Electrical Energy Generation.- 17. Environmental Aspects in Electrical Energy Generation: A Comprehensive Review.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the relevance of social-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) to ecosystem restoration. Building on the concept of SEPLS, the Satoyama Initiative promotes landscape approaches as integrative area-based strategies to bring together diverse stakeholders aiming to balance multiple objectives, including conservation and development, for the benefit of biodiversity and human well-being. Many of the SEPLS case studies from the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) offer rich evidence to help guide restoration efforts while advancing relevant knowledge and practices. The book highlights how the efforts in managing SEPLS can contribute to ecosystem restoration and sustainable development, looking at the strategies and approaches by which multiple stakeholders express, negotiate, and embrace their plural value perspectives of nature to restore ecosystems within a landscape or seascape. It begins with an introductory chapter followed by twelve case studies and a synthesis clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to policy and academic discussions. This book will be of interest to scholars, policymakers and professionals in the field related to sustainable development, especially on SDGs 15 and 17.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Community-Based Woodland Restoration for Livelihoods and Sustainable Wood Fuel Utilisation in the Mole Ecological Landscape, Ghana.- Chapter 3. Community- Based Rangeland Restoration for Climate Resilience and Pastoral Livelihoods in Chyulu, Kenya.- Chapter 4. Initiation of SEPLS Approach from World Peace Biodiversity Park (WPBP), Pokhara in Panchase Region of the Nepal.- Chapter 5. Community-Based Restoration of Agroforestry Parklands in Kapelebyong District, North Eastern Uganda.- Chapter 6. Farmland Management Strategies by Smallholder Farmers in the Mount Bamboutos Landscape in Cameroon.- Chapter 7. Traditional Regenerative Agriculture as a Sustainable Landscape Approach: Lessons from India and Thailand.- Chapter 8. Restoring Rice Paddies and Rice Agro-Ecosystem Services through a Participatory Seed Conservation and Exchange Programme.- Chapter 9. Community-Based Approach to Wetland Restoration – Case Study of the Songor Wetland, Ghana.- Chapter 10. An Integrated Seascape Approach to Revitalise Ecosystems and Livelihoods in Shimoni-Vanga, Kenya.- Chapter 11. Engaging Local People in Conserving the Socio-Ecological Production Landscape and Seascape by Practicing Collaborative Governance in Mao’ao Bay, Chinese Taipei.- Chapter 12. Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Coastal Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Livelihood in Sanniang Bay in Guangxi, South China.- Chapter 13. Capacitating Philippine Indigenous and Local Institutions and Actualising Local Synergies on Restorative Ridge to Reef Biodiversity Conservation for Food Security and Livelihoods.- Chapter 14. Synthesis: Ecosystem Restoration in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS).

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Book SynopsisThis contributed volume brings out a comprehensive collection of information on environmental toxicology, its impact on living organisms in general and human health in particular. The main focus of this book is to address human health issues and risk assessment. Toxicological studies help in understanding the impact of harmful substances including both natural and synthetic chemicals on organisms and their environment. Contributions in the title include both laboratory and field based studies with a focus on human health. Moreover, day by day, there is an increase in the range of chemicals from pharmaceutical and other industries, agricultural runoffs, medicine, and many other sources which continuously contribute to the earth's chemical load. Almost all the countries are facing great difficulties in responding to the crucial and immediate need for effective management of such contaminants. The title compiles studies in regards to environmental toxicology and its effect on human health. This book provides critical information and knowledge that can be used by regulatory agencies, decision-makers, policy makers, graduate and post-graduate students, researchers, environmental toxicologists, etc, and others to put programs and policies in place to limit our exposures to these substances thereby preventing or reducing the likelihood that a disease or other negative health outcomes would occur.Table of ContentsAttached

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews all the findings about bonobos and the local people of Wamba village in the Luo Scientific Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the last 50 years. In 1973, Takayoshi Kano, a Japanese primatologist, traveled across a vast area of the Congo Basin with a bicycle and found Wamba village to be a promising site to start his first studies on wild bonobos. Since then, many researchers from Japan and all over the world have been working at Wamba, now the longest standing study site, to uncover various aspects of the ecology and behavior of this most recently identified great ape species. The researchers study bonobo behaviors and carry out various activities for the conservation of bonobos. They also conduct anthropological studies of local people who live with bonobos and believe them to be distant relatives from the same family, living in the forest. This book is published in commemoration of 2023 marking the 50th year of study. The main chapters are contributed by active researchers studying bonobos and the local people at Wamba. The book also includes contributions from various eminent researchers who have carried out short-term research or have supported research at Wamba, which helps place these studies of bonobos in a broader primatological or anthropological perspective. This book will be a useful resource for professional researchers in primatology and anthropology, as well as graduate or undergraduate students interested in these research fields. Table of ContentsPreface1 Preface2 Introduction Ecology and social organization Social relationships Characteristics in behaviors Communication Coexistence of local people and bonobos Evolution of bonobos Box articles

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Book SynopsisThis contributed volume deals with the various aspects of freshwater microbiology including diverse habitats, associated microorganisms, their ecological interactions, and industrial applications. Freshwater ecosystems are dynamic natural resources, providing sources of potable water, food, animal habitats, and recreation. Perspectives of microbial dynamics in freshwater bodies, covered in this title, provide a comprehensive and systematic analysis of microbial ecology in these ecosystems. These microbes are at the hub of biogeochemical cycles (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other elements). Moreover, they are an integral part of the aquatic food web and control the quality of freshwater bodies. Chapters in this title also discuss the issue of pollution in freshwater bodies and put forward available strategies for eco-friendly solutions. The book is a perfect documentation of primary and secondary data-based information on the latest research findings, case studies, experiences, and innovations in the field of freshwater microbiology. The book is of great use to students, researchers, and professionals studying aquatic sciences.Table of ContentsAttached

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of eel research and fish migration studies for more than 40 years showing the research history and recent advances in eel studies. Dr. Katsumi Tsukamoto, the esteemed editor of this book, has been actively involved in eel research as one of the leading scientists in the world for a long time, and he and his team successfully collected the fertilized eggs and spawn-condition adult eels from the wild for the first time in the world. This book compiles the essentials of the scientific findings obtained by the editor and his colleagues and reviews the latest references of eel science. Knowledge and information in the book such as a spawning area survey, research on artificial production of glass eels, the discovery of a new species, etc. will attract the reader’s interest, as these are written based on the authors’ experiences. Readers can obtain a comprehensive understanding of eels from various aspects of eel science including the cultural and socio-economic importance of eels and valuable scientific information using state-of-the-art approaches. The book also endeavors to contribute to the conservation of eel species, some of which have been classified as endangered by the IUCN and to promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. Taxonomy (30 pages) Fundamental information about eel biology will be introduced with recent knowledge on taxonomy, population structure and evolution. Chapter 1. Morphology and Taxonomy Shun Watanabe (Kindai University) Chapter 2. Population Structure and Speciation Jun Aoyama (The University of Tokyo) Part II. Ecology (90 pages) Recent progress in knowledge about life history, spawning areas and migration will be described in detail to understand ecological aspects of freshwater eels. Chapter 3. Life History Mari Kuroki (The University of Tokyo) Chapter 4. Spawning Areas Michael J. Miller (The University of Tokyo) Chapter 5. Larval Transport Shingo Kimura (The University of Tokyo) Chapter 6. Glass Eel Recruitment Akira Shinoda (Tokyo Medical University), Nobuto Fukuda (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency) Chapter 7. Spawning Migration Takatoshi Higuchi (The University of Tokyo) Chapter 8. Behavior Hikaru Itakura (Maryland University) Part III. Physiology (75 pages) Basic physiological information on eels is presented with new findings on osmoregulation, reproduction, metamorphosis and digestion. Chapter 9. Nervous Systems and Sense Naoyuki Yamamoto, Hanako Hagio (Nagoya University) Chapter 10. Digestion and Absorption Soichi Watanabe (The University of Tokyo) Chapter 11. Osmoregulation Toyoji Kaneko (The University of Tokyo) Chapter 12. Reproduction Shigeho Ijiri (Hokkaido University) Chapter 13. Metamorphosis and Silvering Seishi Hagihara (The University of Tokyo), Ryusuke Sudo (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency) Part IV. Applied Science (60 pages) Research on eel aquaculture will be summarized including recent progress on artificial maturation of adult eels and larval rearing for artificial mass production of glass eels. Chapter 14. Artificial Maturation Shinji Adachi (Hokkaido University) Chapter 15. Larval Rearing Yoshiaki Yamada, Akihiro Okamura, Noriyuki Horie, Naomi Mikawa (IRAGO Institute, Co. Ltd.) Chapter 16. Breeding Kazuharu Nomura (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency) Chapter 17. Disease Tomoyoshi Yoshinaga (The University of Tokyo) Part V. Resources and Conservation (75 pages) The present status and research on eel resources will be introduced to understand how to conserve eel species in relation to their unique life history. Chapter 18. Fisheries Kazuki Yokouchi (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency) Chapter 19. Resources Naohito Okazoe (Fisheries Agency) Chapter 20. Trading Tetsuji Ida (Kyodo News) Chapter 21. Distribution Tatsuki Yoshinaga (Kitasato University) Chapter 22. River Improvement Yoichi Yasuda (Nihon University) Chapter 23. Conservation Matthew Gollock (Zoological Society of London), (Hiromi Shiraishi)

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on eco-evaluation system monitoring and sensing, carbon-water modeling, mapping, and disaster prediction. It is the 3rd book on tropical peatland issues, following 1st "Tropical Peatland Ecosystem" and 2nd "Tropical Peatland Eco-management" publications. Tropical peatland is also a wetland, mangrove, and rainforest. With this nature, two major key elements of tropical peatland are water and forest. This book introduces the relationship and interaction among water, oxygen, and nutrients as well as aspects of the forest as the driving force of carbon stock and the carbon cycle. Eco-evaluation system is key to conserving, managing, and restoring tropical peatlands, however comprehensive system for Eco-evaluation in the Tropics is not yet established. This book reviews and proposes Eco-evaluation methods in the Tropics Ecosystem, focusing mainly on the peatland ecosystem and others, covering Social Capital such as Credit, Bonds, National Accounting, etc. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Innovative Ecoevaluation System for Tropical Peatlands.- Chapter 2. Integrated Eco-evaluation Practices of Industrial Forest Plantation in Peatland of West Kalimantan, Indonesia.- Chapter 3. Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) Mapping in Tropical Peatland.- Chapter 4. Carbon accounting system in tropical peatlands.- Chapter 5. An Innovative Restoration Technology for Tropical Peatlands: AeroHydro Culture (AHC).- Chapter 6. Function of Humic Acid.- Chapter 7. Camera traps to survey mammals in peatland.- Chapter 8. SESAME System.- Chapter 9. Sensing, Monitoring and Data Collection System (sPOTEKA-NET).- Chapter 10. The use of a compact fiber-optic spectrometer to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide in a tropical peatland.- Chapter 11. Appraisal of LiDAR measurements for monitoring tropical peatlands.- Chapter 12. Topography Monitoring by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs).- Chapter 13. Multifootprint Observation Lidar and Imager (MOLI) Mission for Peatland Observations.

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Book SynopsisOffers solutions to the issues and concerns of waste generated from industry. This book aims to conserve the natural resources by approaching 100 % utilization of various types of wastes by cradle-to-cradle concepts, using Industrial Ecology methodology documented with case studies. It reveals technologies for conservation of natural resources.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 CURRENT PRACTICE 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Waste Management 1.3 Treatment 1.4 Incineration 1.5 Landfill 1.6 Zero pollution CHAPTER 2 CLEANER PRODUCTION 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Promoting cleaner Production 2.3 Benefits of Cleaner Production 2.4 Obstacles and Solution of Cleaner Production 2.5 Cleaner Production Techniques 2.6 Methodology for Cleaner Production Assessment 2.7 Case Studies CHAPTER 3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Industrial Ecology 3.3 Industrial Ecology Barriers 3.4 Industrial Ecology tools and indicators 3.5 Cradle ? To ? Cradle concept 3.6 Eco-Industrial Parks 3.7 Kalunberg Industrial farm CHAPTER 4 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Sustainable development tools and methodology 4.3 Environmental Reform Structure 4.4 Sustainable Development Proposed Framework 4.5 Summary and Conclusion CHAPTER 5 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Transfer station 5.3 Recycling of plastics 5.4 Recycling of Food waste 5.5 Recycling of rejects 5.6 Recycling of Composite material 5.7 Recycling of bones 5.8 Recycling of glass 5.9 Recycling of aluminum and tin cans 5.10 Recycling of textile CHAPTER 6 CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Construction Waste Management 6.3 Proposed guidelines for Construction Waste 6.4 Proposed guidelines for Demolition Waste CHAPTER 7 CLINICAL SOLID WASTE 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Management of Clinical Waste 7.3 Disinfection of Clinical Wastes 7.4 Current Experience of Clinical Wastes 7.5 Cradle ? to - Cradle For Clinical Waste 7.6 Electron Beam Technology 7.7 Electron Beam for Sterilization Of Clinical Wastes CHAPTER 8 AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL WASTES 8.1 Introduction 8.2 ABBC technologies 8.3 Animal fodder 8.4 Briqutting 8.5 Biogas 8.6 Composting 8.7 Integrated Complex 8.8 Environmentally balanced Rural Waste Complex; EBRWC CHAPTER 9 INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTES 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Sugarcane Industry 9.3 Metal Industry 9.4 Textile industry 9.5 Marble industry 9.6 Oil and soap Industry 9.7 Petroleum Industry 9.8 Food Industry 9.9 Cement Industry 9.10 Tourism Industry 9.11 Industrial estate

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Book SynopsisForesters, ecologists, land managers, geographers, and environmental scientists are interested in the behaviour and ecological effects of fires. This book focuses on the chemistry and physics of fire as it relates to the ways in which fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function.Trade Review"...a rich summary of our current knowledge of several important aspects of forest fire science, from fuel dynamics to coupled atmosphere-fire modelling. ...The book's strength is as a state-of-the-art review of research on pyrolysis, flames, lightening, fuel-moisture dynamics, smoke, combustion chemistry, and more. ...My fire science students and colleagues use Forest Fires as a reference." --Daniel Nepstad, Woods Hole Research Center, in NATURE (January 2002) "...a primary strength of this book is that you can find a larger number of state-of-the-art fire behavior and combustion topics covered in a single source. ...the book is an unmitigated success...a very strong book that will benefit most scientists interested in fire, including ecologists. ...Overall, I compliment the editors and authors for a job well done." --Marc D. Abrams, Pennsylvania State University, School of Forest Resources, in ECOLOGY (November 2001) "This book is authoritative, well written and abundantly referenced. ...a valuable resource on all the topics covered and is likely to remain so for many years. ...It is a book that researchers in fire ecology should be aware of and have access to." --John Ogden in ANNALS OF BOTANY (2001)Table of ContentsContributors Preface Acknowledgments 1 Strengthening Fire Ecology's Roots I. Introduction II. Processes III. Transfer Rates and Budgets IV. Examples of Traditional vs. Proposed Approach References 2 Flames I. Introduction II. Basic Aspects of Combustion in Forest Fires III. Temperature, Velocity, Species Concentration, and Flame Height IV Premixed and Diffusion Flames V. Extinction of Diffusion Flames VI. Diffusion Flames and Scaling Analysis VII. Spreading Flames VIII. Structure of Flame Base IX. Conclusions Notation References 3 Combustion Chemistry and Smoke I. Introduction II. Fuel Chemistry and Combustion III. Smoke Production IV. Minimizing Smoke Production V. Conclusions References 4 Water Relations of Forest Fuels I. Introduction II. Forest Fuels III. Fuel Moisture Relationships IV. Moisture Content Estimation Notation Additional Reading References 5 Wildland Fire Spread Models I. Introduction II. Head Fire Rate of Spread (Physical Principles and their Mathematical Embodiment) III. Head Fire Rate of Spread: Australia IV. Head Fire Rate of Spread: United States V. Head Fire Rate of Spread: Canada VI. Smoldering VII. Whole Fire Modeling—Fire Shape Notation References 6 Wind-Aided Fire Spread I. Introduction II. Laboratory-Scale Setup III. Fire Spread Model IV. Preliminary Testing of the Model V. Test Results for the Effect of Wind Speed and Fuel Loading on the Rate of Fire Spread VI. Conclusions Notation Recommended Reading References 7 Fire Plumes I. Introduction II. Modeling Fire Temperature Maxima III. Plumes above Fires in a Cross Wind Notation References 8 Coupling Atmospheric and Fire Models I. Introduction II. Vorticity Dynamics in a Fire III. Coupling between Atmosphere and Fire IV. The Elements of Fire Modeling V. Modeling the Atmosphere VI. The Coupled Fire—Atmosphere Modeling Approach VII. Idealized Studies of Wildfire Behavior VIII. Infrared Observations of Fires IX. Conclusions and Future Work Appendix I. Circulation and Vorticity Appendix II. Development of Vertical Rotation in a Frictionless Fluid Appendix III. Generation of Vertical Motion in Rotating Convective Cells Notation References 9 Surface Energy Budget and Fuel Moisture I. Introduction II. Evapotranspiration Processes and the Meteorological Controlling Factors III. Estimation of Potential Evapotranspiration Rates IV. Functional Dependence of PET and AET V. Characteristics of PET VI. Near-Surface Environment VII. Models of Land-Surface Interactions VIII. Remote Sensing of the Surface Energy Budget IX. Fire Weather Rating Systems Notation Suggested Reading List References 10 Climate, Weather, and Area Burned I. Introduction II. Weather and Area Burned—Synoptic Surface Features III. Weather and Area Burned—Upper Air Features IV. Teleconnections V. Future Warming and Area Burned VI. Summary References 11 Lightning and Forest Fires I. Introduction II. Lightning III. Previous Studies of Lightning-Initiated Fire IV. Interaction between Lightning and Fuels V. How Ignition Occurs VI. Ignition Experiments with Real Forest Fuels VII. Generating Models for Operational Use VIII. Smoke, Lightning, and Cloud Microphysics IX. Global Implications of Lightning Ignition Characteristics X. Conclusion References 12 Statistical Inference for Historical Fire Frequency Using the Spatial Mosaic I. Introduction II. Graphical Analysis III. Statistical Inference with Prespecified Change Points IV. The Efficiency of Sample vs. Map Data V. Determining Epochs of Constant Fire Frequency References 13 Duff Consumption I. Introduction II. Characteristics of Duff III. Empirical Studies of Duff Consumption IV. Flaming Combustion V. Smoldering Combustion and Pyrolysis VI. Models of Smoldering Combustion VII. Contribution of Smoldering Combustion Models to Understanding of Duff Consumption Notation References 14 Fire Effects on Trees I. Introduction II. Effects of Fire on the Tree Bole III. Effects of Fire on Canopy Components IV. Root Necrosis V. Tree Mortality VI. Discussion Notation Additional Readings References 15 Forest Fire Management I. Introduction II. The Relationship between Fire and Forest Land Management Objectives III. Assessing Fire Impacts IV. Forest Fire Management Organizations V. Level of Fire Protection Planning VI. Some Challenges Further Reading References Index

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Book SynopsisProvides a how-to manual with examples of spatial capture-recapture models based on technology and knowledge. This title provides you with an extensive step-by-step analysis of many data sets using different software implementations. It embraces Bayesian and classical inference strategies to give the reader different options to get the job done.Trade Review"...a book for the DIY quantitative ecologist who wants to understand their data...I enjoyed it tremendously and it already had a strong influence on how I think about some of my current research projects." --Basic and Applied Ecology "...a timely and informative contribution that summarizes the history and motivation behind SCR models,...will be a vital addition to wildlife ecologist’s book shelves for many years to come." --The Journal of Wildlife Management, Sep 14Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. Background and Concepts 1. Introduction 2. Statistical Models and SCR 3. GLMs and Bayesian Analysis 4. Closed Population ModelsII. Basic SCR Models 5. Fully Spatial Capture-Recapture Models 6. Likelihood Analysis of Spatial Capture-Recapture Models 7. Modeling Variation In Encounter Probability 8. Model Selection and Assessment 9. Alternative Observation Models 10. Sampling DesignIII. Advanced SCR Models 11. Modeling Spatial Variation in Density 12. Modeling Landscape Connectivity 13. Integrating Resource Selection with Spatial Capture-Recapture Models 14. Stratified Populations: Multi-session and Multi-site Data 15. Models for Search-Encounter Data 16. Open Population ModelsIV. Super-Advanced SCR Models 17. Developing Markov Chain Monte Carlo Samplers 18. Unmarked Populations 19. Spatial Mark-Resight Models for partially identifiable populations 20. 2012: A Spatial Capture-Recapture OdysseyV. Appendices WinBUGS OpenBUGS JAGS RBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a standardized set of protocols for measuring soil properties, to facilitatte corss-site synthesis and evaluation of ecosystem processess. The book should be of interest to a rather broad range of ecologists, agronomists, and soil scientists. It is the second volume in the Long-term Ecological Research Network series.Trade Review"Sure an old farmer can taste the dirt and tell whether to plant cotton or corn, but scientists working on studies that may stretch over decades and will probably include other people need some uniformity in how they take measurements and record the results. So in 1996 a group of scientists began developing a set of common protocols that could be used to characterize the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil and soil organisms from disparate sites ranging from tundra permafrost to desert aridosols, and with the land use ranging from annual cropping systems to old-growth forest. Their report also includes protocols for soil sampling, preparation, archiving, and quality control and for characterizing sites and landscapes for ecological studies."--SciTech Book News "Sure an old farmer can taste the dirt and tell whether to plant cotton or corn, but scientists working on studies that may stretch over decades and will probably include other people need some uniformity in how they take measurements and record the results. So in 1996 a group of scientists began developing a set of common protocols that could be used to characterize the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil and soil organisms from disparate sites ranging from tundra permafrost to desert aridosols, and with the land use ranging from annual cropping systems to old-growth forest. Their report also includes protocols for soil sampling, preparation, archiving, and quality control and for characterizing sites and landscapes for ecological studies."--SciTech Book NewsTable of Contents1. Soil Sampling, Preparation, Archiving, and Quality Control ; 2. Site and Landscape Characterization for Ecological Studies ; I. SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ; 3. Soil Water and Temperature Status ; 4. Soil Structural and Other Physical Properties ; II. SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES ; 5. Soil Carbon and Nitrogen: Pools and Fractions ; 6. Exchangeable Ions, pH, and Cation Exchange Capacity ; 7. Soil Phosphorus: Characterization and Total Elemental Analysis ; 8. Analysis of Detritus and Organic Horizons for Mineral and Organic Constituents ; 9. Collection of Soil Solution ; III. SOIL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES ; 10. Soil CO[2, N[2O, and CH[4 Exchange ; 11. Measuing Decomposition, Nutrient Turnover, and Stores in Plant Litter ; 12. Dinitrogen Fixation ; 13. Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Availability: Nitrogen Mineralization, Nitrification, and Soil Respiration Potentials ; 14. Denitrification ; IV. SOIL ORGANISMS ; 15. The Determination of Microbial Biomass ; 16. Characterizing Soil Microbial Communities ; 17. Soil Invertebrates ; 18. Methods for Ecological Studies of Mycorrhizae ; 19. Measurement of Static Root Parameters: Biomass, Length, and Distribution in the Soil Profile ; 20. Fine Root Production and Demography

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