Chinese Water Systems

This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Following a detailed introduction of the lake basin, the respective chapters present the findings of studies examining surface and subsurface hydrology, relationships between plant ecology and pollution of the wetlands, changes of land cover as well as the development of modern computational approaches to create Environmental Information Systems for water management. Moreover, the results are supplemented by a wealth of numerical calculations, tables, figures and photographs to make the research results more tangible. Closing with concise information on the Research Centre for Environmental Information Science (RCEIS), the book offers a valuable guide for researchers, teachers and professionals working in the areas of water environment, water security and ecological restoration. The projects have been supportedby the Sino-German Centre for Science Promotion, the Helmholtz Association and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Presents scientific studies using a multitude of modern tools to assess the status and future of the Poyang Lake hydrosystem Comprises recent research results of a Sino-German joint project First comprehensive English book about the hydrology and ecology of Poyang Lake in East China

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1 Background information about Poyang Lake Basin.- 2 The Poyang Lake Cooperation Group.- 3 Bibliometric study of scientic literature on Poyang Lake.- 4 Strengthening integrated management and maintaining the health of Poyang Lake.- 5 Shallow groundwater of Poyang Lake area.- 6 Modelling seasonal groundwater ow dynamics in the Poyang Lake Core Region.- 7 Eutrophication and water quality assessment in the Poyang Lake wetlands.- 8 Hyperspectral response of dominant plants in the Poyang Lake wet-lands to heavy metal pollution.- 9 Assessment of degradration causes and development of protection strategies for the Poyang Lake wetlands.- 10 Distribution of aquatic macrophytes in the Le'an River and its indicative evaluation on heavy metal pollution.- 11 Structure and diversity analysis of the microbial community in the surface waters of Poyang Lake Basin.- 12 Trends of vegetation ecosystem distribution in Jiangxi Province.- 13 Poyang Lake Basin and its ecosystem evolution.- 14 Benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators for river health in Changjiang Basin.- 15 Forest type classication in Poyang Lake Basin based on multi-source data fusion.- 16 Application of high accuracy surface modelling to interpolate soil pH in Jiangxi Province.- 17 Simulation analysis platform for the Poyang Lake Basin Ecosystems.- 17 Simulation analysis platform for the Poyang Lake Basin Ecosystems.- 18 Virtual geographical environment-based environmental information system for Poyang Lake Basin.- 19 Sino-German Research Centre for Environmental Information Science (RCEIS).