This book pertains to bring to light the result of extensive and in-depth research done by a wide range of experts on various facets of Wetlands in India. The research findings have been selected to cover representative areas of the country but owing to extensive nature of work involved, stress has only been laid on the physico-chemical characteristics of water, macrophytes, plankton, primary productivity, benthos, avifauna, fauna in general, ichthyofauna, ...