Book excerpt: Lakes and reservoirs hold a great promise as a source of freshwater demand of which will grow with passage of time. Unfortunately, these ecosystems are being neglected and destroyed in rural as well as in urban areas. The main problem in their management involves responsible for water holding capacity. Innumerable lakes and reservoirs scattered all over the country need an urgent management plans for their protection, rehabilitation and conservation. By suitable remedial measures these water bodies can provide an ideal recreational site apart from other benefits like fish production, charging of groundwater table, conditioning of the climate etc. To achieve this, there is a need of a clear-cut lake and reservoir protection strategy as an integral component of natural water policy. In the present book on Ecology of Lakes and Reservoirs an attempt has been made to bring out the present status of lakes and reservoirs. It is includes the physical, chemical and biological aspects. The proposed book include 17 research articles of eminent scientists representing different lakes and reservoirs in India. Today environmental education is made compulsory at school and college levels. Even in recent years many graduate and postgraduate courses have ecology as an important subjects. As a result, there is a need for comprehensive book on Ecology of Lakes and Reservoirs . This gap has been filled by the book. The proposed book will be useful for the ecologists, fishery biologists, students, scientists and policy makers as a reference material. It will also reviews the progress made in the field in the past few decades. Contents Chapter 1: Studies on Macro-zoobenthos in Mir Alam Lake, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh by G Anitha, M S Kodarkar and S V A Chandrasekhar; Chapter 2: Ecology of Jawalgaon Reservoir in Solapur District, Maharashtra by V B Sakhare; Chapter 3: Ecology, Biodiversity and Management of Rabindar Sarovar in Kolkata, West Bengal by Manika Mukherji and N C Nandi; Chapter 4: Studies on Algae of Polluted Lakes of Jalgaon (Maharashtra): Role of Blue Green Algae by S N Nandan and S R Mahajan; Chapter 5: Limnological Studies on Kondakarla Lake Visakha District, Andhra Pradesh by S V A Chandrasekhar; Chapter 6: Cladocerans of Amaravathy Reservoir, Udumalpet, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India by K Thirumathal; Chapter 7: Geoenvironmental and Microecological Characteristics of Lonar Lake, Maharashtra by Md Babar and P S Wakte; Chapter 8: Seasonal Variations in Certain Physico-chemical Characteristics of Rampur Reservoir of Guna District (MP) by Dushyant Kumar Sharma; Chapter 9: Physico-chemical Analysis of Water from Ekruk Reservoir (Maharashtra) for Potability by P K Joshi; Chapter 10: Water Quality of Talwade Reservoir of Nashik District, Maharashtra by Yogesh Shastri and P Y Bhogaonkar; Chapter 11: Contribution to the Distribution of Freshwater Copepods of Kanchipuram District of Tamil Nadu by K Renuga and R Ramanibai; Chapter 12: Ecology and Behaviour of Zooplanktons in Manjara Project Reservoir in Maharashtra by R J Chavan, A D Mohekar and C J Hiware; Chapter 13: Water Quality and Ecological Studies of Masoli Reservoir in Parbhani District, Maharashtra by S U Kadam, J M Gaikwad and Md Babar; Chapter 14: Physico-chemical Analysis of Bhategaon Reservoir in Parbhani District, Maharashtra by R P Mali, A T Kamble andLM Mudkhede; Chapter 15: Ichthyofauna of Reservoirs from Solapur District, Maharashtra by J S Mohite; Chapter 16: An Evaluation of Fisheries Potential of Masoli Reservoir in Parbhani District of Maharashtra by S P Chavan; Chapter 17: In situ Conservation Strategies for Urban Lakes: A Case Study of Thane City by Nagesh S Tekale.