Estuaries of South Africa

A broad-ranging review of the current status of South Africa's estuarine research and management.

Brian Allanson (Edited by), Dan Baird (Edited by)

9780521087766, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 December 2008

356 pages, 103 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 66 tables
24.7 x 18.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.65 kg

Review of the hardback: 'Worldwide, both scientists and managers will find much to extract from this book.' George Branch, Tree

Estuaries of South Africa presents an authoritative and comprehensive review of the current status of the country's estuarine research and management. Information is provided on a wide range of topics, including geological, physical and chemical processes, diversity and productivity of plant and animal communities, interactions between estuarine organisms, and system properties, ecological modelling and current management issues. This broad scope is complemented by a comparative perspective, resulting in a volume which provides a unique contribution to the subject of estuarine ecology, relevant to all those working in this field throughout the world.

1. Fifteen years on! One hundred and fifty years on! B. R. Allanson and D. Baird
2. Geomorphology and sedimentology J. A. G. Cooper, C. I. Wright and T. R. Mason
3. Estuarine hydrodynamics E. H. Schumann, J. L. Largier and J. H. Slinger
4. Chemistry B. R. Allanson and D. Winter
5. Primary producers J. B. Adams, G. C. Bate and M. O'Callaghan
6. Mangroves T. D. Steinke
7. Estuarine zooplankton T. Wooldridge
8. Estuarine macro invertebrates C. J. De Villiers, A. N. Hodgson and A. T. Forbes
9. The Ichthyofauna A. K. Whitfield and J. F. K. Marais
10. Estuarine birds P. A. R. Hockey and J. K. Turpie
11. Estuaries as ecosystems D. Baird
12. Man and management P. D. Morant and N. W. Quinn
13. Perspectives B. R. Allanson, D. Baird and A. E. F Heydorn
Index.

Subject Areas: Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions [RGBP], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]