Estuaries: A Lifeline of Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean - Diop, Salif; Scheren, Peter; Ferdinand Machiwa, John.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
1: The Western Indian Ocean:  A Wealth of Life-Supporting Ecosystem Goods and Services -- 2: Species composition of fisheries resources of the Tana and Sabaki estuaries in the Malindi-Ungwana Bay, Kenya -- 3: Are peri-urban mangroves vulnerable? An assessment through litter fall studies -- 4: The importance of the Thukela River Estuary, East Coast of South Africa, for the biology of the near-shore environment and associated human aspects: a review -- 5: The mangroves of Ambanja and Ambaro Bays, northwest Madagascar: Historical dynamics, current status and deforestation mitigation strategy -- 6: Tana Delta and Sabaki Estuaries of Kenya: freshwater and sediment input, upstream threats and management challenges -- 7: Integrated Water Resources Management in a Changing Climate: the Implication of Anthropogenic activities on the Tana and Athi/Sabaki Rivers Water System for Sustainable Development -- 8: The socioeconomic causes and impacts of modification of Tana River flow regime -- 9: Hydrodynamic Modelling on Transport, Dispersion and Deposition of Suspended Particulate Matter in Pangani Estuary, Tanzania -- 10: Tanzanian reef building corals may succumb to bleaching events: Evidences from coral-Symbiodinium symbioses -- 11: Estuarine Environmenta l and Socio-economic Impacts Associated with Upland Agricultural Irrigation and Hydropower Developments: The Case of Rufiji and Pangani Estuaries, Tanzania -- 12: The Rufiji Estuary: Climate Change, Anthropogenic Pressures, Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptive Management Strategies -- 13: Small estuarine and non-estuarine mangrove ecosystems of Tanzania: overlooked coastal habitats? -- 14: Limpopo estuary mangrove transformation, rehabilitation and management -- 15: Re-thinking estuarine ecosystem governance in the WIO region -- 16: Mapping Factors That Contribute to Coral Reef Resilience Using in situ and Satellite Data in East Africa -- 17: Coral recruitment and coral reef resilience on Pemba Island, Tanzania -- 18: The hydrodynamics of the Incomati Estuary - an alternative approach to estimate the minimum environmental flow -- 19: Estuary Management in South Africa - an overview of the challenges and progress made to date -- 20: Future Outlook: The Importance of a Science and Ecosystem-based Approach for the Sustainable Management of Estuaries and Their Life-Supporting Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean.
Keywords: Marine sciences; Freshwater; Aquatic ecology .; Coasts; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Coastal Sciences; Conservation Biology/Ecology.