Mangrove ecosystems of Asia
Subtitle: status, challenges and management strategies
By: I. Faridah-Hanum, A. Latiff, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Munir Ozturk, editors
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9781461485810
Subjects: Mangrove forests; Mangrove conservation; Mangrove ecology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Mangrove Ecosystems of Malaysia: Status, Challenges and Management Strategies; title: Chapter 2: Distribution and Rarity of Rhizophoraceae in Peninsular Malaysia; title: Chapter 3: Distribution and Current Status of Mangrove Forests in Indonesia; title: Chapter 4: Mangrove Forests in Thailand; title: Chapter 5: Philippines' Mangrove Ecosystem: Status, Threats and Conservation; title: Chapter 6: Distribution, Characteristics and Economic Importance of Mangrove Forests in Iran; title: Chapter 7: Plant Diversity and Forest Structure of the Three Protected Areas (Wildlife Sanctuaries) of Bangladesh Sundarbans: Current Status and Management Strategies; title: Chapter 8: Mangrove Fauna of Asia; title: Chapter 9: Mangrove Forests of Timor-Leste: Ecology, Degradation, and Vulnerability to Climate Change; title: Chapter 10: Vulnerability of Mangroves to Climate Change; title: Chapter 11: Impacts of Climate Change on Asian Mangrove Forests; title: Chapter 12: Quantification of Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Turnover in Two Mangrove Forests Using Dual Carbon Isotopic Measurements; title: Chapter 13: The Relationship between Mangrove Deforestation and Economic Development in Thailand; title: Chapter 14: Remote Sensing Technology: Recent Advancements for Mangrove Ecosystems; title: Chapter 15: Management Strategies for Sustainable Exploitation of Aquatic Resources of the Sundarbans Mangrove, Bangladesh; title: Chapter 16: Economic Sustainability for Halophyte Cash Farms in Urban Environments; title: Chapter 17: Research and Development Activities towards Sustainable Management of Mangroves in Peninsular Malaysia; title: Chapter 18: Climate Change Adaptation: Management Options for Mangrove Areas; title: Chapter 19: Managing Mangrove Habitat Expansion in New Zealand; title: Chapter 20: Mangroves are Wetlands, not Forests: Some Implications for their Management.