%0 Journal Article
%T Classification, Characterization and Comparison of Aquatic Ecosystems in the Landscape of Adilabad District, Telangana, Deccan Region, India
%A Medagam Thirupathi Reddy
%A Natarajan Sivaraj
%A Venkateswaran Kamala
%A Someswara Rao Pandravada
%A Neelam Sunil
%A Nilamani Dikshit
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 5
%N 4
%P 1-49
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2018
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1104459
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">A landscape is a mosaic of natural and/or artificial communities and wa-terbodies and may contain several distinct ecosystems. Human life depends on many services delivered by the water-based aquatic and land-based terrestrial ecosystems. A wide variety of aquatic ecosystems exist and alt-hough they represent a low percentage of the Earth¡¯s surface, their roles and functions make them crucial. Aquatic ecosystems especia</span><span style="line-height:1.5;">lly inland aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing numerous economic and societal benefits to humans. Understanding diversity of aquatic ecosystems within landscape is a fundamental goal of both basic and applied ecological research. This study recognizes, defines, classifies, characterizes and compares for the first time the aquatic resources vis-¨¤-vis aquatic ecosystems in the landscape of Adilabad District, Telangana, ¡°Deccan Region¡±, India, which was selected as the study area.</span>
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%K Artificial Aquatic Ecosystems
%K Ecosystem Classification
%K Ecosystem Comparisons
%K Ecosystem Description
%K Freshwater Ecosystems
%K Hydrogeomorphic Classification
%K Inland Waters
%K Lentic Ecosystems
%K Lotic Ecosystems
%K Natural Aquatic Ecosystems
%K Wetland Ecosystems
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5293262