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Preface -- Concerns and Threats of Heavy Metals Contamination on Aquatic Ecosystem -- Pollution in Aquatic Environs: Sources and consequences -- A Recent Scenario of Groundwater Quality in Northwest Himalaya, India -- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Toxic Effects and their Bioremediation Strategies -- Mechanisms and importance of phytoremediation -- Role of Soil Biota and Associated Threats -- Viability of in-situ and ex-situ bioremediation approaches for degradation of noxious substances in stressed environs -- Bioremediation: A viable approach for degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon -- Application of macrophytes for remediation of wastewater in constructed wetlands -- Application of Biotechnology for restoration of degraded environs -- Role of Free Floating Aquatic Macrophytes in abatement of the disturbed Environs -- Genetically Modified Microbes as Biofertilizers -- Nanotechnology: A Modern Waste management approach -- Restoration of Heavy Metal Contaminated Environs through Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis -- Index.

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Preface -- 1. Causes and Effects of Pesticide and Metal Pollution on Different Ecosystems -- 2. Ecotoxicology of Heavy Metals: Sources, Effects and Toxicity -- 3. Role of Modern Innovative Techniques for Assessing and Monitoring Heavy Metal and Pesticide Pollution in Different Environments -- 4. Global Scenario of Remediation Techniques to Combat Pesticide Pollution -- 5. Mycoremediation: A Sustainable Approach for Pesticide Pollution Abatement -- 6. Bio-pesticides: Application and Possible Mechanism of Action -- 7. Values of Biofertilizers for Sustainable Management in Agricultural Industries -- 8.Role of Macrophytes in Spontaneous Lacustrine Phytofiltration -- 9. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Using Salix (Willows) -- 10. Photo catalysis: An Effective Tool for Treatment of Dyes Contaminated Wastewater -- 11. Removal of dyes from waste water by Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration -- 12. Biofilm: an innovative modern technology for aquatic pollution remediation -- 13. Heavy Metal Soil Contamination and Bioremediation -- 14. Environmental Biotechnology: For Sustainable Future -- 15. Global Environmental Regulations for Management of Pesticides -- Index.

Healthy environment is important for any kind of biota on earth. It provides the basic elements of life such as clean water, fresh air, fertile soil and supports ecosystem of the food chain. Pollution drastically alters quality of the environment by changing the physico-chemical and biological aspects of these components. Accordingly, toxic metals, combustible and putrescible substances, hazardous wastes, explosives and petroleum products are all examples of inorganic and organic compounds that cause contaminations. Specifically, pollution of toxic and heavy metal in the environment is a growing problem worldwide, currently at an alarming rate. Toxic metals threaten the aquatic ecosystems, agriculture and ultimately human health. Traditional treatment techniques offer certain advantages such as rapid processing, ease of operation and control and flexibility. But, they could not maintain the quality of the environment due to the high operational costs of chemicals used, high energy consumption and handling costs for sludge disposal and overburden of chemical substances which irreversibly affect and destroy biodiversity, which ultimately render the soil useless as a medium for plant growth. Therefore, bioremediation and biotechnology, carried out by living assets to clean up, stabilize and restore contaminated ecosystems, have emerged as promising, environmental friendly and affordable approaches. Furthermore, the use of microbes, algae, transgenic plants and weeds adapted to stressful environments could be employed to enhance accumulation efficiency. Hence, sustainable and inexpensive processes are fast emerging as a viable alternative to conventional remediation methods, and will be most suitable for developing countries. In the current volume, we discuss pollution remediation challenges and how living organisms and the latest biotechnological techniques could be helpful in remediating the pollution in ecofriendly and sustainable ways.

The Concerns for Global Sustainability of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Freshwater Pollution: Effects on Aquatic Life and Human Health -- Freshwater contamination: sources and hazards to aquatic biota -- Correlation Between Pollution Trends of Freshwater Bodies and Bacterial Disease of Fish Fauna -- Impact of Pollution on Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Heavy metal intrusion and accumulation in aquatic ecosystems -- Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystem and its sustainable management -- Role of biotools in restoration of freshwater ecosystems Bioremediation -- A Sustainable and Emerging Tool for Restoration of Polluted Aquatic Ecosystems -- Biosorption as Environmentally Friendly Technique for Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater -- Biotechnological interventions as an aquatic clean up tool -- Analysis of hydrology, sediment retention, biogenic-calcification and -scavenging as self-remediative lacustrine functions -- Remediation of pesticides through microbial and phytoremediation techniques -- Trends in Phyto-management of Aquatic Ecosystems and Evaluation of Factors Affecting Removal of Inorganic Pollutants from Water Bodies -- Urban Pond Ecosystems: Preservation and Management Through Phytoremediation -- Aquatic Pollution Stress and Role of Biofilms as Environment Cleanup Technology -- Wonders of Nanotechnology for Remediation of Polluted Aquatic Environs

Environmental and Pesticide Pollution / Hilal Ahmad Ganaie -- Pesticide Contamination in Water: Perspectives and Concerns / Nowsheeba Rashid, Amir Hussain Dar, and Ifra Ashraf -- Use of Pesticides in Agriculture: Impacts on Soil, Plant and Human Health / Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi, Abdul Kareem, Muhammad Ashar Ayub, Muhmmad Mahroz Hussain, Nukshab Zeeshan, and Muhammad Tahir Shehzad -- Pesticide Pollution: Management and Challenges / Suraj Negi, Aishwarya Rani, Allen H. Hu, and Sunil Kumar -- Pesticides: Impact on Environment and Various Possible Remediation Measures / Anjali Pathak, Mahendra K. Gupta, Mir Sajad Rabani, Rachna Singh, Shivani Tripathi, and Sadhna Pandey -- Biopesticides: Importance and Challenges / Muhammad Fahad Sardar, Tanveer Abbas, Muhammad Naveed, Sulman Siddique, Bilawal Abbasi, and Khuram Shehzad Khan -- Advances in Pesticide Bioremediation Technology / Gulzar A. Rather -- Microbiological Aspects of Pesticide Remediation in Freshwater and Soil Environs / Rezwana Assad, Irshad Ahmad Sofi, Iqra Bashir, Iflah Rafiq, Zafar Ahmad Reshi, and Irfan Rashid -- Application of Beneficial Microorganisms with High Efficient Biosorption Potential for the Bioremediation of Pesticide Contamination of Freshwater and Soil Environment / Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Osikemekha Anthony Anani, and Chukwuebuka Egbuna -- Biological Disease Control Agents in Organic Crop Production System / Ajinath Dukare, Sangeeta Paul, Priyank Mhatre, and Pratap Divekar -- Novel Forecasting, Bioindicator, and Bioremediation for Pesticides Contamination in Soil / Mohamed S. Khalil and Wael M. Khamis -- Pesticide Pollution: Risk Assessment and Vulnerability / Saima Hamid, Ali Mohd Yatoo, Mohammad Yaseen Mir, and Azra N Kamili -- Utilization of Biosurfactant Derived from Beneficial Microorganismsas Sustainable Bioremediation Technology for the Management of Contaminated Environment: Panacea to a Healthy Planet / Charles Oluwaseunadetunji, Osikemekha Anthony Anani, and Chukwuebuka Egbuna -- Polymeric Nanocomposite for Nanoremediation: Laboratory to Land Approach / Divya Chauhan, Neetu Talreja, Mohammad Ashfaq, Adriana Mera B, and Carlos A. Rodr̕guez.