From the Back Cover
This volume discusses geological, biological and sustainability aspects of coastal, estuary and lake environments. It offers a comprehensive understanding of biotic, physico-chemical, sedimentological and socio-environmental factors associated with the sustainable development of these environments in areas vulnerable to climate change and other anthropogenic activities. The book is divided into several main sections, covering the geological and biological processes and dynamics of these environments, water quality and hydrological modeling, sediment characteristics, bio-indicators and ecological analysis, climate change impacts, geospatial applications, and sustainable development practices and scenarios. The book aims to be a useful resource for academics, scientists, coastal and marine practitioners, meteorologists, environmental consultants and computing experts working in the areas of earth and ocean sciences.
Dr. Jayaraju is currently a Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Yogi Vemana University, India. His research interests include of Environmental Geosciences, Marine Ecology, Marine pollution, Coastal zone resources, Sediments of marine marginal water bodies viz., Lakes, Estuaries, Etc., He was awarded Gold Medal for being a University topper in Masters, later University Merit Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. He worked as PDF for UGC, CSIR, DST and all central government prestigious funding agencies. He published more than 60 research papers in various National and International Journals. He has attended over 50 international conferences abroad and 40 in India. He is an active member in many scientific associations/ organizations. Moreover, He is serves on Editorial boards and Reviewer boards for many prestigious journals. He has travelled widely on his research endeavour visiting over 60 countries like Australia, China, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Middle East, UK, USA etc.
Dr. Sreenivasulu received his M.Sc. (with University top rank and gold medal) and Ph.D. from the Department of Geology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, India. He worked as a Research Associate at National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Currently he is working as Dr.D.S.Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geology, Sri Venkayeswara University, Tirupati, India. He was awarded DST-INSPIRE a Prestigious Fellowship for 5 years for Ph.D program by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Thrust areas of his research include Micropaleontology, Marine Pollution, Coastal Morphodynamics and application of Geospatial tools. He has attended many scientific events related to his relevant area of specialization both within India and abroad as well. Over 25 papers in International and National Journals have been published. He is an active member in many scientific associations/organizations. Moreover, He serves on Editorial Boards and Reviewer boards for many prestigious journals.
Dr. M. Madakka is currently Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Yogi Vemana University. Kadapa, AP, India. She received her M.Sc and Ph.D degrees in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anatapur, India. Her research interests are in the fields of Environmental Biotechnology and Environmental Microbiology. She was awarded Rajiv Gandhi fellowship for Ph.D from UGC, New Delhi, India. She secured DST- SERB Fast tract young scientist fellowship during 2012-2015, New Delhi. She has over 17 years of research and 14 years of teaching experience in the university. She has published over 40 research papers in peer reviewed National and International scientific Journals and presented several papers on National/International conferences.
Dr. Manjulatha Senior Research Associate
is currently affiliated to the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Sciences, RDA, South Korea. She obtained her PhD from the Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishna Devaraya University, in collaboration with the Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore. She worked as a Research Associate in DBT supported Center of Excellence programme and ICAR FIST- DST Nische area of excellence for drought research in UAS, GKVK, Bangalore. She has 14 years of research experience in the area of plant molecular biology, biotechnology, transgenics, Gene editing and molecular markers. She has published 25 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and 4 book chapters. She has been a reviewer for various International Journals.
