Ecology and conservation of estuarine ecosystems : Lake St. Lucia as a global model /

St Lucia is the world's oldest protected estuary and Africa's largest estuarine system. It is also the centerpiece of South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and has been a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since 1986. Knowledge of its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Perissinotto, R., Stretch, Derek D., Taylor, R. H. (Richard Hilton), 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Estuarine ecology > South Africa > Saint Lucia, Lake.
Écologie des estuaires > Afrique du Sud > Sainte-Lucie, Lac.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Estuarine ecology
South Africa > Lake Saint Lucia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. South Africa's first World Heritage Site
  • 2. Management history
  • 3. Geological history
  • 4. The marine environment
  • 5. Catchment hydrology
  • 6. The wetlands
  • 7. Estuary and lake hydrodynamics
  • 8. Groundwater hydrology
  • 9. Physico-chemical environment
  • 10. Microalgae
  • 11. Macrophytes
  • 12. Benthic invertebrates
  • 13. Zooplankton
  • 14. Penaeid prawns
  • 15. Fish and fisheries
  • 16. Birds
  • 17. Crocodiles
  • 18. Hippopotamuses
  • 19. Alien and invasive species
  • 20. Food webs and ecosystem functioning
  • 21. Climate change impacts.

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