Estuaries: A Lifeline of Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Diop, Salif. (Editor ), Scheren, Peter. (Editor ), Ferdinand Machiwa, John. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Estuaries of the World,
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25370-1
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.