Title: Large marine ecosystems of the Indian Ocean : assessment, sustainability, and management /
Authors: Sherman, Kenneth, 1932-; Okemwa, E.; Ntiba, M. J.
Publisher: Blackwell Science,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Marine ecology Indian Ocean Region Congresses.; Marine resources Indian Ocean Region Management Congresses.; Marine ecosystem management Indian Ocean Region.
Abstract: Coastal resources of developed and developing nations are being adversely affected by human activities and environmental degradation, and the fate of the Indian Ocean is no exception. In an effort to improve the current state of this important large marine ecosystem (LME) and to prevent future damage, a symposium on the status and future of LMEs of the Indian Ocean was held in Kenya by marine experts from the region. It was organized to review results from various studies including reports on the Somali Current, the Agulhas Current, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and a number of other LMEs, representing contributions from 19 countries. The studies in this book were selected from among those presented at the symposium and have been peer reviewed.
Contents: Assessment, sustainability, and monitoring of coastal ecosystems : an ecological perspective / Kenneth Sherman -- Trawl survey strategies and applications for assessing the changing state of fish communities in large marine ecosystems / Micheni J. Ntiba -- Strategy and application for sampling large marine ecosystems with the continuous plankton recorder and undulating oceanographic recorder / aquashuttle / Robert Williams and J.A. Lindley -- An overview of the status of marine pollution in the East African region / C. Mweu Nguta -- Application of the large marine ecosystem concept to the Somali Current / Ezekiel N. Okemwa -- Coastal upwelling and other processes regulating ecosystem productivity and fish production in the Western Indian Ocean / Andrew Bakun [and others] -- Seasonal fluctuations in plankton biomass and productivity in the ecosystems of the Somali Current, Gulf of Aden, and Southern Red Sea / Martien A. Baars [and others] --^