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The Lerma-Chapala watershed : evaluation and management / edited by Anne M. Hansen and Manfred van Afferden.
Van Pelt Library TD229.C47 L47 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Mexico--Chapala, Lake, Watershed--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Mexico--Lerma River Watershed--Management.
- Water quality--Mexico--Chapala, Lake, Watershed.
- Water quality.
- Water quality--Mexico--Lerma River Watershed.
- Watershed management--Mexico--Chapala, Lake, Watershed.
- Watershed management.
- Watershed management--Mexico--Lerma River Watershed.
- Management.
- Mexico--Lerma River Watershed.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 385 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2001]
- Summary:
- The management of watersheds is one of the most complex tasks that scientists, users and policy makers are confronted with, especially in recent years when freshwater resources have diminished and conflicts on water allocation have increased worldwide. The present book was written as a response to the need for systematic information on management-related aspects of the most important and controversially discussed basin in Mexico: the Lerma-Chapala watershed. Additionally, media exposure on shrinking water levels of Lake Chapala, the largest in Mexico, underlines the urgent need of a multidisciplinary discussion, including social, ecological, economical, technical, and legal aspects.
- Contents:
- Section I Natural Resources and Management in the Basin 1
- Chapter 1 Hydrology of the Lerma-Chapala Watershed / Javier Aparicio 3
- Chapter 2 Geology, Sediments and Soils / Pedro F. Zarate-del Valle, Francois Michaud, Claude Parron, Gabriel Solana-Espinoza, Isabel Israde-Alcantara, Hermes U. Ramirez-Sanchez, Francois Fernex 31
- Chapter 3 Natural Resources Management in the Lerma-Chapala Basin / Benjamin de Leon-Mojarro, Raul Medina-Mendoza, Arturo Gonzalez-Casillas 59
- Section II Pollution and Health 93
- Chapter 4 Toxic Substances / Anne M. Hansen, Manfred van Afferden 95
- Chapter 5 Water Concentrations, Bioaccumulation, and Human Health Implications of Heavy Metals in Lake Chapala / Jenny Ayla Jay, Tim E. Ford 123
- Section III Lake Chapala 137
- Chapter 6 An Introduction to the Limnology of Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico / Owen T. Lind, Laura Davalos-Lind 139
- Chapter 7 Hydrq-Meteorology of Lake Chapala / Anatoliy E. Filonov, Irina E. Tereshchenko, Cesar O. Monzon 151
- Chapter 8 Nutrients and Eutrophication in Lake Chapala / Jose de Anda, Harvey Shear 183
- Chapter 9 Phytoplanton and Bacterio-Plankton Production and Trophic Relations in Lake Chapala / Laura Davalos-Lind, Owen T. Lind 199
- Chapter 10 Fish Fauna of Lake Chapala / Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada, Hector Rene Buelna-Osben 215
- Section IV Social and Economical Aspects 243
- Chapter 11 On the Shore: Social Awareness Regarding Lake Chapala and Its Environment / Pablo Chavez-Hernandez 245
- Chapter 12 Social Characterization of the Lerma-Chapala River Basin / Sonia Davila-Poblete, Ana Helena Trevino-Carrillo 269
- Chapter 13 Competition for Water in the Lerma-Chapala Basin / Christopher A. Scott, Paula Silva-Ochoa, Valentin Florencio-Cruz, Philippus Wester 291
- Chapter 14 ProEstado-Maua / Juan Manuel Huerta, Monteserrat-Serra, Ricardo Sandoval 325
- Chapter 15 Institutional Arrangements for Water Management in the Lerma-Chapala Basin / Philippus Wester, Roberto Melville, Sergio Ramos-Osorio 343.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 030646747X
- OCLC:
- 48501122
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