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

This book provides recent environmental, ecological and hydrodynamic information for the major estuaries and the coastal marine systems of the Western Indian Ocean Region. It covers various functions and values of the region's estuarine ecosystems and their respective habitats, including the la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Diop, Salif (Editor ), Scheren, Peter (Editor ), Ferdinand Machiwa, John (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Estuaries of the World,
Temas:
Water.
Hydrology.
Freshwater ecology.
Marine ecology.
Physical geography.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
Earth System Sciences.
Conservation Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario:This book provides recent environmental, ecological and hydrodynamic information for the major estuaries and the coastal marine systems of the Western Indian Ocean Region. It covers various functions and values of the region's estuarine ecosystems and their respective habitats, including the land/ocean interactions that define and impact ecosystem services. The Western Indian Ocean region covered by this volume consists of the continental coastal states of Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania and the island states of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros.
Descripción Física:XX, 322 p. 160 illus., 96 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319253701
ISSN:2214-1561

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