Author Description

The Available Freshwater On The Biosphere Is Least When Compared To That The Oceans, Despite The Small Amount Of Available Freshwater This Is Of Utmost Importance To Man And The Freshwater Biota As A Whole. Little Attention Has Been Given To The Complex Ecological Relations Of The Freshwater Organisms, And More So To The Little Known Groups Like The Freshwater Bryozoans. An Attempt Has Been Made In This Book To Present Our Known Knowledge Of Freshwater Bryozoa So Far Ever Compiled. Author Hopes This Premier Attempt To Present The Systematic, Ecological Environmental Distribution And Pollution Aspects Of This Group Would Fill In The Gap That Has Been Existing For A Long Time In Our Knowledge Of Freshwater Bryozoa.A Thorough Treatment Of This Group Has Been Attempted Involving The Published Information In The Form Of Various Research Papers From Different Area Of The Biosphere. Mostly The Indian, Japanese, North-American, European And South-American Materials Has Been Dealt In Detail While References Have Been Made To Materials From Other Regions Also.