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The Maputo Bay ecosystem / editors, Salomão Bandeira, José Paula.
- Title
- The Maputo Bay ecosystem / editors, Salomão Bandeira, José Paula.
- Publication
- Zanzibar : WIOMSA, c 2014.
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- Description
- xiv, 427 p. : col. ill., maps (mostly col.).; 27 cm.
- Summary
- Maputo Bay comprises the most studied piece of marine water in Mozambique. It harbours extensive critical habitats, such as mangove forests, seagrass meadows and some of the southernmost reef building corals. The Bay is also an important fishing ground, second only to Sofala Bank, especially when it comes to shallow-water shrimp in Mozambique. Maputo Bay is home to high marine biodiversity including several species of special concern such as dugongs, dolphins, turtles, sharks, whales, seahorses, endangered bivalves and vulnerable seagrass Zostera. The book is aimed at decision-makers and managers and is a compilation of research undertaken by numerous researchers from institutions in Mozambique, South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and the USA.
- Subject
- Biotic communities
- Biotic communities > Maputo Bay
- Coastal ecology
- Coastal ecology > Maputo Bay
- Ecosystem management
- Ecosystem management > Maputo Bay
- Indian Ocean > Maputo Bay
- Marine biodiversity
- Marine biodiversity > Maputo Bay
- Marine ecology
- Marine ecology > Maputo Bay
- Marine resources conservation
- Marine resources conservation > Maputo Bay
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographic references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- PART I: Environmental and human setting -- 1. An introduction to the Maputo Bay -- 2. Geographical and socio-economic setting of Maputo Bay -- 3. geomorphology and evolution of Maputo Bay -- 4. Hydrology and circulation of Maputo Bay -- 5. Human settings in Maputo Bay -- 6. Inhaca Island: the cradle of marine research in Maputo Bay and Mozambique -- PART II: Main habitats and ecological functioning -- 7. Mangroves of Maputo Bay -- 8. Seagrass meadows in Maputo Bay -- 9. Coral reefs of Maputo Bay -- 10. Marine mammals and other marine megafauna of Maputo Bay -- 11. Marine turtles in Maputo Bay and surroundings -- 12. The terrestrial environment adjacent to Maputo Bay -- PART III: Fisheries of Maputo Bay -- 13. Shallow-water shrimp fisheries in Maputo Bay -- 14. The Magumba fishery of Maputo Bay -- 15. Artisanal fisheries in Maputo Bay -- PART IV: Cross cutting issues -- 16. Pollution in Maputo Bay -- 17. Potencial climate change impacts on Maputo Bay -- 18. Management of Maputo Bay -- 19. Maputo Bay: the way forward.
- ISBN
- 9789987955930
- 9987955932
- LCCN
- ^^2013440358
- OCLC
- 903196562
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library