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Large Marine Ecosystems of the Indian Ocean: Assessment, Sustainability, and Management
Ed. by K. Sherman, E. Okemwa, and M. Ntiba, Blackwell Science, Inc., Cambridge, MA. 1998. 394 p.

Part One: Assessment and Sustainability of Large Marine Ecosystems

Chapter 1  Assessment, Sustainability, and Monitoring of Coastal Ecosystems: An Ecological Perspective, by Kenneth Sherman
Chapter 2  Trawl Survey Strategies and Applications for Assessing the Changing State of Fish Communities in Large Marine Ecosystems, by Micheni J. Ntiba
Chapter 3  Strategy and Application for Sampling Large Marine Ecosystems with the Continuous Plankton Recorder and Undulating Oceanographic Recorder/Aquashuttle, by Robert Williams and J.A. Lindley
Chapter 4  
An Overview of the Status of Marine Pollution in the East African Region, by C. Mweu Nguta
Chapter 5  
Application of the Large Marine Ecosystem Concept to the Somali Current, by Ezekiel N. Okemwa
Part Two: Pelagic Ecosystems

Chapter 6  
Coastal Upwelling and Other Processes Regulating Ecosystem Productivity and Fish Production in the Western Indian Ocean, by Andrew Bakun, Claude Roy, and Salvador Lluch-Cota Chapter 7  Seasonal Fluctuations in Plankton Biomass and Productivity in the Ecosystems of the Somali Current, Gulf of Aden, and Southern Red Sea, by Martien A. Baars, Peter H. Schalk, and Marcel J.W. Veldhuis  
Chapter 8  
Role of Oceanic Fronts in Promoting Productivity in the Southern Indian Ocean, Harilal B. Menon
Chapter 9  
Mean Monthly Sea-Level Variation and Its Relation to Large-Scale Ocean Circulation in the Southwest Indian Ocean, by S. Ragoonaden
Chapter 10  
Spiny Lobsters in the Indian Ocean: Speciation in Relation to Oceanographic Ecosystems, by David E. Pollock
Chapter 11  Spatial-Temporal Structure of Indian Ocean Ecosystems: A Large-Scale Approach, by S.A. Piontkovski
Part Three: Case Studies

Chapter 12  The Role of Estuaries in Large Marine Ecosystems: Examples from the Natal Coast, South Africa, by J. Andrew, G. Cooper, T.D. Harrison, and A.E.L. Ramm
Chapter 13  
Fisheries Resources of Zanzibar: Problems and Recommendations, by Christopher A. Muhando and N.S. Jiddawi
Chapter 14  The Agulhas Current Ecosystem with Particular Reference to Dispersal of Fish Larvae, by Lynnath E. Beckley Chapter 15  

The Red Sea as an Extension of the Indian Ocean, by Abebe Getahun

Chapter 16  Status and Future of the St. Lucia Lake System, a Large Estuary of the Southwestern Indian Ocean, by Anthony Tomks Forbes and D. P. Cyrus
Chapter 17  Biologic Production and Fishery Potential of the Exclusive Economic Zone of India, by Bhagirat N. Desai and R.M.S. Bhargava
Part Four: Management and Governance
Chapter 18  Implications of Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development on Marine Resources in East Africa with Particular Reference to Kenya and Tanzania, by Gabriel M. Mailu
Chapter 19  Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem and Related Issues, by Lewis M. Alexander Chapter 20  Legal Constraints and Options for Total Ecosystem Management of Large Marine Ecosystems, by Eddy Somers
Chapter 21  
Application of Integrated Environmental Management Toward Solving the Problems Affecting the Tana River Delta and Its Linkage with the Somali Current Ecosystem, by Peter Anton Raal and Laurie Barwell
Chapter 22  Marine Conservation Areas in Kenya, by Sam D.M. Weru
Chapter 23  Indian Ocean Large Marine Ecosystems: Need for National and Regional Framework for Conservation and Sustainable Development, by S.M. Dwivedi and A.K. Choubey
Chapter 24  
Regional Stewardship for Sustainable Marine Resources Management in the Bay of Bengal, by Hazizi b. Aziz Ahmad, Luqueman Ahmed, Anton Atapattu, Somsak Chullasorn, Yean Pong Lui, Maizan Hassan Maniku, Donna J. Nickerson, Jate Pimoljinda, Tommy H. Purwaka, Simad Saeed, Ennie Soetopo, Suseno, and Y.S. Yadava
Chapter 25  Summary and Recommendations, by Ezekiel N. Okemwa, Micheni J. Ntiba, and Kenneth Sherman








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