Aquatic Biodiversity

Description

Aquatic diversity focuses on the variety of life and the eco systems that are present in freshwater, tidal and marine regions of our world, and their interactions. These include lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, rivers and streams, groundwater, and wetlands; with their banks, oceans, estuaries, salt marshes, sea grass beds, coral reefs, kelp beds, and mangrove forests. Aquatic ecosystems also provide a home to many species including phytoplankton, zooplankton, aquatic plants, insects, fish, birds, mammals. Aquatic biodiversity has a huge economic and aesthetic value and is significantly responsible for maintaining and supporting overall environmental health. Aquatic resources are becoming rapidly susceptible to both natural and artificial environmental changes. Thus, conservation strategies to protect and conserve aquatic life is necessary to maintain the balance of nature and support the availability of resources for the future. This book looks at the why and how of this.