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

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Salif Diop, Peter Scheren, John Ferdinand Machiwa

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-04-07
Mått210 x 279 x 23 mm
Vikt1 194 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEstuaries of the World
Antal sidor322
Upplaga16001
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319253688

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