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Book review: Limnology in developing countries, Vol. 1, edited by B. Gopal and R.G. Wetzel, International Scientific Publications Publishers, New Delhi, India, 1995, vii + 230 pp. Free for SIL members. ISBN 81 86047 14 X.

Book review: Limnology in developing countries, Vol. 1, edited by B. Gopal and R.G. Wetzel,... artificial) with physical, chemical and hydrobiological references. Unfortunately there are no `materials and methods' sections which could help other colleagues understand the techniques that have been used for the chemical and biological investigations presented in the book, although some references to methods are given. Each author emphasizes different aspects (according to the state of limnological research in their country) such as aquatic habitats (Ghana, Bangladesh), water pollution (Ghana, Tunisia, Papua New Guinea), physical, chemical and hydrobiological analysis (Ghana, Tunisia, Papua New Guinea), conservation (Ghana, Tunisia, Pakistan), hydrography (Tunisia, Malaysia, Pakistan) or faunal data (Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea). Authors also discuss present limitations and the future of limnology in their countries, allowing the reader to understand the potential work that could be done. This volume presents valuable information regarding education in limnology, and the scientific societies and journals available to help scientists in this field create new links with these and other countries. I hope that other volumes will also encourage the development of applied investigations on this topic between developed and developing countries. OLIVIER A. E. SPARAGANO University of Edinburgh, UK Ð RIVER RESTORATION, edited by G. Petts and P. Calow, Blackwell Science, 1996. 231 pp. Price: £24.95. ISBN 0 86542 919 7. River Restoration is one of three books released by Blackwell derived from the two volumes of The Rivers Handbook which was compiled by the same editors and released in 1992 and 1994. The intention of the republication of essentially the same material in smaller, paperback editions is to make the material affordable to students, the price of these volumes at about £25 each being substantially less than the £85 asking price for each volume of The Rivers Handbook. River Restoration consists of 12 chapters of which 11 are taken essentially unchanged all from Volume 2 of The Rivers Handbook. One new chapter on the nature of rivers, written by the editors, is included at the start, although it seems to be based heavily on the chapter `Rivers: dynamic components of catchment ecosystems' by Petts in The Rivers Handbook, with some material deleted and a small amount of additional material, particularly on the river continuum concept, incorporated. The other 11 chapters include those which deal with water quality monitoring and management as well as restoration. The scope of the individual chapters varies widely; the chapter by Larsen on the restoration of river corridors in Germany is a case study and clearly identified as such. However, the chapters by Sweeting (`River Pollution') and Dobbs and Zabel (`Water-quality Control') are far narrower than their titles suggest, consisting of rather parochial Eurocentric views of their topics. Ormerod (1996) previously demurred from the rather upbeat ending of the river pollution chapter. The chapter on biological water quality assessment using macroinvertebrates was a useful overview of a range of approaches including the British RIVPACS system as well as the North American IBI and rapid bioassessment protocols as well as more traditional methods. However, it was a little disappointing that the references for this chapter cite nothing more recent than 1991, and omit the exciting developments in multivariate techniques reviewed in some other collections (e.g. Rosenberg and Resh, 1993). The chapter on flow allocation for in-river needs (Petts and Maddock) is a useful introduction to the topic, although it also lacks references to the recent literature apart from several to The Rivers Handbook. I shall use the chapter on environmentally sensitive river engineering (Hey) as a reference for my engineering students, although I was surprised and dismayed to see that it did not discuss the issue of large woody debris #1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst., Vol. 7, 179±184 (1997) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Wiley

Book review: Limnology in developing countries, Vol. 1, edited by B. Gopal and R.G. Wetzel, International Scientific Publications Publishers, New Delhi, India, 1995, vii + 230 pp. Free for SIL members. ISBN 81 86047 14 X.

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artificial) with physical, chemical and hydrobiological references. Unfortunately there are no `materials and methods' sections which could help other colleagues understand the techniques that have been used for the chemical and biological investigations presented in the book, although some references to methods are given. Each author emphasizes different aspects (according to the state of limnological research in their country) such as aquatic habitats (Ghana, Bangladesh), water pollution (Ghana, Tunisia, Papua New Guinea), physical, chemical and hydrobiological analysis (Ghana, Tunisia, Papua New Guinea), conservation (Ghana, Tunisia, Pakistan), hydrography (Tunisia, Malaysia, Pakistan) or faunal data (Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea). Authors also discuss present limitations and the future of limnology in their countries, allowing the reader to understand the potential work that could be done. This volume presents valuable information regarding education in limnology, and the scientific societies and journals available to help scientists in this field create new links with these and other countries. I hope that other volumes will also encourage the development of applied investigations on this topic between developed and developing countries. OLIVIER A. E. SPARAGANO University of Edinburgh, UK Ð RIVER RESTORATION, edited by G. Petts and P. Calow, Blackwell Science, 1996. 231 pp. Price: £24.95. ISBN 0 86542 919 7. River Restoration is one of three books released by Blackwell derived from the two volumes of The Rivers Handbook which was compiled by the same editors and released in 1992 and 1994. The intention of the republication of essentially the same material in smaller, paperback editions is to make the material affordable to students, the price of these volumes at about £25 each being substantially less than the £85 asking price for each volume of The Rivers Handbook. River Restoration consists of 12 chapters of which 11 are taken essentially unchanged all from Volume 2 of The Rivers Handbook. One new chapter on the nature of rivers, written by the editors, is included at the start, although it seems to be based heavily on the chapter `Rivers: dynamic components of catchment ecosystems' by Petts in The Rivers Handbook, with some material deleted and a small amount of additional material, particularly on the river continuum concept, incorporated. The other 11 chapters include those which deal with water quality monitoring and management as well as restoration. The scope of the individual chapters varies widely; the chapter by Larsen on the restoration of river corridors in Germany is a case study and clearly identified as such. However, the chapters by Sweeting (`River Pollution') and Dobbs and Zabel (`Water-quality Control') are far narrower than their titles suggest, consisting of rather parochial Eurocentric views of their topics. Ormerod (1996) previously demurred from the rather upbeat ending of the river pollution chapter. The chapter on biological water quality assessment using macroinvertebrates was a useful overview of a range of approaches including the British RIVPACS system as well as the North American IBI and rapid bioassessment protocols as well as more traditional methods. However, it was a little disappointing that the references for this chapter cite nothing more recent than 1991, and omit the exciting developments in multivariate techniques reviewed in some other collections (e.g. Rosenberg and Resh, 1993). The chapter on flow allocation for in-river needs (Petts and Maddock) is a useful introduction to the topic, although it also lacks references to the recent literature apart from several to The Rivers Handbook. I shall use the chapter on environmentally sensitive river engineering (Hey) as a reference for my engineering students, although I was surprised and dismayed to see that it did not discuss the issue of large woody debris #1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst., Vol. 7, 179±184 (1997)

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