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The Importance of Ecosystem Structure and Function in the Management of Water Quality in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

S. V. Rama Rao ,
S. K. Sharma ,
V. P. Singh  and
L. P. Mall
S. V. Rama Rao
Affiliation:
Respectively Senior Research Fellow, Teacher Research Fellow, Reader, & Professor and Head, School of Studies in Botany, Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.) 456010, India.
S. K. Sharma
Affiliation:
Respectively Senior Research Fellow, Teacher Research Fellow, Reader, & Professor and Head, School of Studies in Botany, Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.) 456010, India.
V. P. Singh
Affiliation:
Respectively Senior Research Fellow, Teacher Research Fellow, Reader, & Professor and Head, School of Studies in Botany, Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.) 456010, India.
L. P. Mall
Affiliation:
Respectively Senior Research Fellow, Teacher Research Fellow, Reader, & Professor and Head, School of Studies in Botany, Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.) 456010, India.
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The term ecosystem integrity may be defined as the maintenance of the community structure and function that is characteristic of a particular locality or habitat. The study of aquatic ecosystem integrity in the rivers and lakes of India holds a bright prospect for the evaluation and management of the quality of our water.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , Winter 1979 , pp. 293 - 296
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1979

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