The Nile: Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human UseHenri J. Dumont What have we learnt about the Nile since the mid-1970s, the moment when Julian Rzóska decided that the time had come to publish a comprehensive volume about the biology, and the geological and cultural history of that great river? And what changes have meanwhile occurred in the basin? The human popu- tion has more than doubled, especially in Egypt, but also in East Africa. Locally, industrial development has taken place, and the Aswan High Dam was clearly not the last major infrastructure work that was carried out. More dams have been built, and some water diversions, like the Toshka lakes, have created new expanses of water in the middle of the Sahara desert. What are the effects of all this on the ec- ogy and economy of the Basin? That is what the present book sets out to explore, 33 years after the publi- tion of “The Nile: Biology of an Ancient River”. Thirty-seven authors have taken up the challenge, and have written the “new” book. They come from 13 different countries, and 15 among them represent the largest Nilotic states (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya). Julian Rzóska died in 1984, and most of the - authors of his book have now either disappeared or retired from research. Only Jack Talling and Samir Ghabbour were still available to participate again. |
Contents
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Cenozoic Evolution of the Nile Basin 37 | 36 |
Late Quaternary Environments in the Nile Basin | 61 |
The Nile Delta | 74 |
asim_mogyahoo | 83 |
The Fayum Depression and Its Lakes | 95 |
Bacteria and Viruses in the Nile 407 | 406 |
Composition Development and Productivity | 431 |
Hydrophytes of the Nile in Egypt | 463 |
Aquatic Plants of the Sudan | 479 |
The Cnidaria of the Nile Basin | 495 |
The Crustacean Zooplankton Copepoda Branchiopoda | 521 |
Decapoda | 546 |
The Nile Benthos | 563 |
Lake NasserNubia | 125 |
The Toshka Lakes 157 | 156 |
Elshabrawy_gamalyahoo com ElSheekh M | 163 |
Swamps of the Upper White Nile | 193 |
The Kyoga Catchment | 205 |
Lake Victoria | 215 |
Nilotic Lakes of the Western Rift 263 | 262 |
Lake Turkana and Its Link to the Nile | 287 |
Nile Basin Climates | 307 |
The Hydrology of the Nile Basin 335 | 334 |
Physical and Chemical Water Characteristics | 367 |
River Nile Pollutants and Their Effect | 395 |
Dejen Eshete | 582 |
Freshwater Molluscs of the Nile Basin Past and Present 585 | 584 |
Aquatic Insects of the Nile Basin with Emphasis | 631 |
Fish Fauna of the Nile | 647 |
dejenesheteyahoo | 651 |
Fossil Fish from the Nile River and Its Southern Basins 677 | 676 |
Birds of the Nile | 705 |
Fisheries in the Nile System | 723 |
Past Present Future | 771 |
Color Plates | 780 |
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