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Table of contents (28 papers)
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Front Matter
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Status, Primary Productivity and Taxonomy of Mangroves, Seagrasses and Algae
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Users of the Mangals
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Coral Reef Ecosystems
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Chemical and Physical Processes
Keywords
About this book
Mangrove forest systems yield large amounts of fish, crabs, prawns and oysters. They are also valuable sources of fuelwood, timber, tannin and other natural products. Their non-marketable value is of equal importance: stabilization of the coastline, an indispensable nursery ground for numerous marine species with commercial value, a natural filter maintaining the clarity of nearshore water, a home for resident and migratory birds and other wildlife. Many of the true mangrove flora and fauna are now endangered by the clearing of the mangroves. It has been shown that in many countries between 25 and 100% of the mangrove forest has been destroyed alraedy in the last twenty years.
The international scientific assembly concluded that much can be done to stop the degradation of these damaged ecosystems and to rehabilitate them. But new techniques must be found to use them on a sustainable basis for long-term economic return and for the well-being of coastal human settlements and a healthy environment.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Ecology of Mangrove and Related Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Mombasa, Kenya, 24–30 September 1990
Editors: Victor Jaccarini, Els Martens
Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3288-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2049-4Published: 31 December 1992
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4223-1Published: 04 February 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3288-8Published: 09 March 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 266
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ecology, Life Sciences, general, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Zoology, Plant Ecology