Eutrophication: causes, consequences and control

Abid A. Ansari is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Ansari obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D.in Environmental Botany from the Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Ansari's main area of research includes eutrophication, phytoremediation, aquatic ecology, utilization of aquatic plants in cleanup studies and aquatic biodiversity. Dr. Ansari has several research papers, review articles and book chapters to his credit in the journals of national and international repute and in edited books. He has edited a book namely Eutrophication: causes, consequences and control published by Springer, The Netherlands. Dr. Ansari is a regular reviewer of various National and International journals. He was awarded Environmentalist of the year by National Environmental Science Academy New Delhi in 2011. Dr. Ansari is working on development of sustainable phytoremediation systems to improve the quality of eutrophic waters. Sarvajeet Singh Gill is working as Assistant Professor in Centre for Biotechnology, MD University, Rohtak, Haryana. Dr. Gill's main area of research includes Genetic Engineering, Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology (Development of abiotic stress tolerant crop plants, the physiological, biochemical and molecular characterization of agronomically important plants under abiotic stress factors, involvement of mineral nutrients and other biotechnological approaches in the amelioration of abiotic stress effects in crop plants, use of a combination of genetic, biochemical, genomic and proteomic approaches to understand the responses of various components of antioxidant machinery to abiotic stress and stress signaling and stress tolerance in crop plants