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A directory of Afrotropical wetlands of international importance. Contents -Region 1: North West Africa, Region 2: North East Africa, Region 3: West Africa, Region 4: Central Africa, Region 5: Southern Africa, Region 6: Madagascar.
Author : R. H. Hughes
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 31,61 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782880329495
A directory of Afrotropical wetlands of international importance. Contents -Region 1: North West Africa, Region 2: North East Africa, Region 3: West Africa, Region 4: Central Africa, Region 5: Southern Africa, Region 6: Madagascar.
Author : Bryan Robert Davies
Publisher :
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Lakes
ISBN :
Author : M. J. Burgis
Publisher :
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Bryan Robert Davies
Publisher : IRD Editions
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Limnology
ISBN : 9782709909341
Author : Patrick Denny
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 1986-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401089296
Interest in the biology of African 'wetlands' was initiated in the last century with the hypothesis that Lake Tanganyika was once part of a Jurassic sea, and was furthered by Cunnington's expedition at the beginning of this century which proved that it was not. In the late 1920's, ecological studies, encouraged by the growing importance of inland fisheries, were started hy British, French and Belgian biologists. Some twenty years later several government limnological research centres and fishery departments were established in tropical Africa, and scientific progress was accelerated. Scientific collaboration between the regions south of the Sahara was started formally in 1951 by the Scientific Council for Africa and stimulated by the International Biological Programme (1964-74) with its emphasis on biological productivity. Some of its interests were takcn on by SCOPE which recently selected continental wetlands as a Special Project; hence this book. The five authors, with-Patrick Denny as editor, have made a very valuable contribution both to science and to thc management of Africa's natural rcsourccs: thcy have filled a gap in the synthesis of knowledge about Africa's environments which is long overdue. The term 'wetland' is used today in several different contexts. For this purpose, it excludes the seas and large open inland waters. which are too deep for rooted plants, but includes the huge areas of floodplains and dambos which may change seasonally from standing water to very dry lands.
Author : Patrick Denny
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400955049
Interest in the biology of African 'wetlands' was initiated in the last century with the hypothesis that Lake Tanganyika was once part of a Jurassic sea, and was furthered by Cunnington's expedition at the beginning of this century which proved that it was not. In the late 1920's, ecological studies, encouraged by the growing importance of inland fisheries, were started hy British, French and Belgian biologists. Some twenty years later several government limnological research centres and fishery departments were established in tropical Africa, and scientific progress was accelerated. Scientific collaboration between the regions south of the Sahara was started formally in 1951 by the Scientific Council for Africa and stimulated by the International Biological Programme (1964-74) with its emphasis on biological productivity. Some of its interests were takcn on by SCOPE which recently selected continental wetlands as a Special Project; hence this book. The five authors, with-Patrick Denny as editor, have made a very valuable contribution both to science and to thc management of Africa's natural rcsourccs: thcy have filled a gap in the synthesis of knowledge about Africa's environments which is long overdue. The term 'wetland' is used today in several different contexts. For this purpose, it excludes the seas and large open inland waters. which are too deep for rooted plants, but includes the huge areas of floodplains and dambos which may change seasonally from standing water to very dry lands.
Author : Lauchlan H. Fraser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 113944395X
This volume presents the views of leading experts on each of the world's largest wetland systems. This international team of authors share their understanding of the ecological dynamics of large wetlands and their significance, and emphasise their need of conservation.
Author : C.M. Finlayson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401104271
This book brings together, for the first time, information on various wetland classification systems and wetland inventories from around the world, outlining regional, national and local wetland classifications developed in Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, South America and the USA. Oriented towards the conservation and management of wetlands, these existing national and regional classification systems have been useful in providing an essential base for the development of an international system. The volume also reviews various attempts at drawing up an inventory of wetlands in different parts of the world, ranging from field and literature surveys to highly sophisticated efforts using aerial photography and satellite imaging. Audience: Workers in wetland ecology, especially those working on classification, inventory, conservation, or management of wetlands at the local, national, regional or international levels.
Author : Stuart H. Hurlbert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 28,40 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401120765
The Vth International Symposium on Inland Saline Lakes was held at Hotel Titikaka on the shores of that lake, 22--29 March 1991 with participants from 16 countries. Twenty-three papers presented by the participants, plus an additional one reporting a microcosm study on salinity effects, constitute the present volume. The papers cover the wide array of subject matters and scales characteristic of our `interdiscipline' and represent the symposium well. All manuscripts submitted for these proceedings were critically reviewed by at least three referees and are representative of saline lake research, developed around the world in the three-year period since the last symposium.
Author : Colbert E. Cushing
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 34,2 MB
Release : 2006-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520245679
This ia a synopsis and review of the major rivers of the world.