The need to enforce minimum environmental flow requirements in Tanzania to preserve estuaries: Case study of mangrove-fringed Wami River estuary

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 171-181

  Kiwango, Halima ^a,b   Njau, Karoli N ^a   Wolanski, Eric ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^b Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Mangroves; Minimum environmental flow requirement; Salinity; Sedimentation; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; MANGROVE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SAADANI NATIONAL PARK; TANZANIA; WAMI BASIN;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84960494878     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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