The Impact of River Discharges on a Kenya Coral Reef Ecosystem - the physical processes. Part Two: Effects on the Malindi-Watamu Coastal Environment.
This study was carried out on the fringing reefs near Malindi Watamu, Kenya, in the period October 82 to May '83 as a part of the 'Watamu Reef Expedition'. Participants of this expedition were students of the Laboratory for Aquatic Ecology and the Department of Human Geography, both of the Catholic University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The aim was to quantify and qualify coral death to assess the contribution of certain factors of disturbance to the decline of these reefs, and to assess the impact of changes in the reef on the coastal inhabitants. Our part in this study consisted of an attempt to quantify and qualify the physical characteristics of the reef environment. Special attention therein was paid to the increased influx of terrestrial silt originating from the Sabaki river, which is one of the most conspicuous factors contributing to the disturbance of this marine milieu. The report has been subdivided into two parts: the first deals with 'The Athi (Sabaki) river basin', and the second with effects on the Malindi-Watamu Coastal Environment’.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Catholic University of Nijmegen
1984
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| Subjects: | Coral reefs, River discharge, Environmental effects, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/7390 |
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