Groundwater And Ecosystems

by Baba, Alper; Howard, Ken W. F.; Gunduz, Orhan

• ISBN13: 9781402047374
• ISBN10: 1402047371
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs) frequently exhibit rich biological diversity and can provide enormous economic wealth. In recent years, GDEs in many industrialized countries have shown signs of serious degradation, primarily the result of groundwater abstraction and pollution. Many such systems, including a number of well documented cases in Eastern Europe, are no longer sustainable. As a consequence, the conservation and sustainable management of GDEs has emerged as one of the most urgent environmental research priorities of our time. A large percentage of the world's population lives in cities and either depends on, or is affected in some way, by groundwater. Moreover, groundwater has become a very important and complex issue that attracts the interest of many diverse stakeholders. Many problems related to groundwater and ecosystems are shared by countries throughout the world and there is growing recognition that much can be gained by co-operation on an international scale. This is no time to be complacent and it is critical that key problems be identified, that the potential consequences of these problems be understood, and that the development of solutions begins urgently. Important data gaps must be recognized and filled without delay

Table of Contents

List of Participants	xi
Preface	xv
Acknowledgement	xix
REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES TO MONITORING COASTAL PLAIN AREAS SUFFERING FROM SALT WATER INTRUSION AND DETECTION OF FRESH WATER DISCHARGE IN COASTAL, KARSTIC AREAS: CASE STUDIES FROM GREECE
T. Astaras, D. Oikonomidis	1	(14)
EFFECTS OF FLY ASH FROM COAL-BURNING ELECTRICAL UTILITIES ON ECOSYSTEM AND UTILIZATION OF FLY ASH
A. Baba, M.A. Usmen	15	(18)
GROUNDWATER AGE: A VITAL INFORMATION IN PROTECTING THE GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEM
S. Bayari, N.N. Ozyurt, Z. Hatipoglu, S. Kilani	33	(14)
GROUNDWATER IN SEMI-ARID MEDITERRANEAN AREAS: DESERTIFICATION, SOIL SALINIZATION AND ECOSYSTEMS
A. Chambel	47	(12)
ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY OF WATER RESOURCES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ECOHYDROLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
M. Ekmekci, L. Tezcan	59	(12)
PREDICTING PROBABLE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON FUTURE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY IN THE UPPER ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN, USA
M.J. Friedel	71	(22)
GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING OF GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS-APPLICATION OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAM SOLMINEQ.88
L.B. Giese, L. Cetiner	93	(14)
GROUND WATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR INTERMONTANE VALLEYS USING CHU VALLEY OF KYRGHYZSTAN AS AN EXAMPLE
R. Litvak, E. Nemaltseva, B.L. Morris	107	(14)
SURFACE/SUBSURFACE INTERACTIONS: COUPLING MECHANISMS AND NUMERICAL SOLUTION PROCEDURES
O. Gunduz	121	(10)
GROUND-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS AND THE ROLE OF THE HYPORHEIC ZONE
K.W.F. Howard, H.S. Maier, S.L. Mattson	131	(14)
GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AT IRRIGATED LANDS OF UZBEKISTAN AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM
R. Ikramov	145	(8)
IMPROVED GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT THE AMU DARYA RIVER
J. Froebrich, M. Ikramova, R. Razakov	153	(14)
THE IMPACT OF GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION AND EXPLOITATION ON ECOSYSTEM IN AZERBAIJAN
R. Israfilov, Y. Israfilov, M. Ismailova	167	(16)
ON MODELLING OF GROUND AND SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS
J. Kania, A. Haladus, S. Witczak	183	(12)
NITROGEN LEACHING IN AN AQUATIC TERRESTRIAL TRANSITION ZONE
J. Kern, H.J. Hellebrand, Y. Kavdir	195	(10)
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GROUNDWATER – SURFACE WATER AND TERRESTRIAL ECO-SYSTEMS
S. Kirk	205	(12)
NATURAL WATER SUPPLY AND FERTILIZATION INTERACTIONS ON CROPS YIELD IN FRAGILE AGROECOSYSTEM
M. László	217	(8)
GROUNDWATER FLUXES IN ARID AND SEMI-ARIDN VIRONMENTS
M.W. Lubczynski	225	(12)
WATER MANAGEMENT IN THESSALY, CENTRAL GREECE
N. Margaris, C. Galogiannis, M. Grammatikaki	237	(6)
MODELING OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION WITHIN AN IRRIGATED AREA
Melikadze, T. Chelidze, J. Leveinen	243	(12)
USING OF GROUNDWATER FOR INCREASING OF WATER SUPPLY OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN ARID ZONE
K. Mukhamejanov, F. Vyshpolsky	255	(14)
GROUNDWATER MODELLING IN ATLANTIC COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS (SOUTH PORTUGAL)
J. Condeça, I. Pinheiro, M. Oliveira da Silva, A. Chambel	269	(20)
GLOBAL CHANGE, ITS IMPACT ON FUNCTIONS OF AQUIFER SYSTEMS AND THEIR DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS
S. Puri	289	(6)
IF VULNERABILITY OF GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT I COSYSTEMS: A STUDY ON THE PORSUK RIVER BASIN (TURKEY) AS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE
G. Yuce	295