Aquatic Ecosystems Monitoring: Conventional Assessment to Advanced Remote Sensing

This book collates traditional and modern applications of remote sensing in aquatic ecosystem monitoring. It covers conventional assessment methods like sampling, surveying, macroinvertebrates, and chlorophyll estimation for aquatic ecosystem health assessment. Advanced remote sensing technology provides timely spectral information for quantitative and qualitative assessment of water quality, shoreline changes, coral bleaching, and vegetation monitoring. The book covers different types of aquatic ecosystems like wetlands, rivers, lakes, saline, and the brackish lake. It also:

• Reviews the latest applications of remote sensing in the monitoring and assessment of aquatic ecosystems
• Includes traditional methods like cartography, sampling, surveying, phytoplankton assessment, river interlinking, and chlorophyll estimation
• Discusses the application of multi-source data and machine learning in monitoring aquatic ecosystems
• Discusses aquatic ecosystem management, services, threats, and sustainability
• Explores challenges, opportunities, and prospects of future Earth observation applications for aquatic ecosystem monitoring

The book discusses space-borne, airborne, and drone geospatial data. The parts broadly cover aquatic ecosystem monitoring, vegetation management, advanced modeling practices, and challenges. It is meant for scientists, professionals, and policymakers working in environmental sciences, remote sensing, and geology.

About the Editors

Dr. Prem Chandra Pandey is an Assistant Professor at the Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (Deemed to be University), Greater Noida, India. He was associated with Tel Aviv University as Research Scientist and with Banaras Hindu University as Post-Doctoral Scientist. Dr. Pandey received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, Association of Commonwealth Universities. Dr. Pandey is the recipient of several international and national awards like Inspire, Malviya Gold medal, DST-SERB, UGC-MHRD, and Tel Aviv University fellowship. He is serving as editorial member for the journals, International (Taylor & Francis), Sustainable Development (IF- 12.5 Wiley), and associated with Remote Sensing (MDPI) as topic editor. He has authored over 60 research articles and edited more than eight books and 25 book chapters.

Dr. Prashant K. Srivastava is a faculty at the Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University. He was previously affiliated with the Hydrological Sciences, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a research scientist on SMAP satellite soil moisture retrieval algorithm development, instrumentation, and simulation for various applications. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Prashant was the recipient of several awards such as NASA Fellowship, USA; University of Maryland Fellowship, USA; Commonwealth Fellowship, U.K. He has published over 140 research articles, seven books, and over 100 chapters.

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava is a Senior Lecturer, Geospatial Analysis, University of Sunshine, Australia. He teaches and coordinates spatial science courses which include geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing and surveying courses that are part of Geospatial Analysis Minor. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Geographical Sciences from The Australian National University where he tested several spatial models for predicting fish species’ distribution in the inland aquatic ecosystem. Dr. Srivastava has worked with different organizations including the Australian Defence Force Academy, Bureau of Rural Sciences, The World Fish Centre, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, and several locations at the Australian National University.