Mangrove vegetation structuredynamics and regeneration

 

Thesis Philosophiae Doctor Scientiarum

 

Farid Dahdouh-GuebaS


 

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Bosire, J.O.  Floristic and faunistic recovery process of restored mangrove ecosystems in Kenya.  PhD dissertation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.  (in preparation).

Bosire, J.O., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, J. G. Kairo & N. Koedam, 1999.  Faunal and floral secondary succession in a restored mangrove system in Kenya.  Personal communication on the 15th Biennial International Conference of the Estuarine Research Foundation “Where THE River Meets the Sea”, 25-30 Sept., New Orleans, U.S.A. 
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Bosire, J.O., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, J.G. Kairo, S. Cannicci & N. Koedam, 2004Spatial variations in macrobenthic fauna recolonisation in a tropical mangrove bay.  Biodiversity and Conservation 13(6): 1059-1074.

Bosire, J.O., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, J.G. Kairo & N. Koedam.  Macrofaunal recruitment in a restored mangrove system in Kenya.  (submitted a)., 2004Spatial variations in macrobenthic fauna recolonisation in a tropical mangrove bay.  Biodiversity and Conservation 13(6): 1059-1074.

Bosire, J.O., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, J.G. Kairo & N. Koedam.  Recovery process of a restored mangrove system in Kenya : a floral perspective.  (submitted b). , 2003Colonisation of non-planted mangrove species into restored mangrove stands in Gazi Bay, Kenya.  Aquatic Botany 76(4): 267-279.

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Dahdouh-Guebas, F.  Propagule predation in Sri Lankan mangroves and its effect on vegetation structure dynamics.  In : Abstract Volume of the Meeting on Mangrove Macrobenthos, 7-11 Sept. 2000, Mombasa, Kenya.  (submitted). Dahdouh-Guebas, F., N. Koedam, B. Satyanarayana, S. Cannicci, 2011. Human hydrographical changes interact with propagule predation behaviour in Sri Lankan mangrove forests. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 399(2): 188-200.

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Dahdouh-Guebas, F. & N. Koedam.  Empirical estimate of the reliability of the use of the Point-Centred Quarter Method (PCQM) in mangrove forests.  (submitted).

Dahdouh-Guebas, F. & N. Koedam, 2002.  Mangrove vegetation structure dynamics : a review.  (in preparation). A synthesis of existent and potential mangrove vegetation structure dynamics from Kenyan, Sri Lankan and Mauritanian case-studies. Meded. Zitt. K. Acad. overzeese Wet./Bull. Séanc. Acad. r. Sci. Outre-Mer 48(4): 487-511.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F. & N. Koedam, 2001. Are the northernmost mangroves of West Africa viable ? - a case study in Banc d’Arguin National Park, Mauritania - In : Hydrobiologia 458 : Science and the Sustainable Management of Shallow Tropical Waters.  D. Harper, R. Boar, M. Everard & P. Hickley (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: 241-253. (in press).

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., 2001.  Mangrove vegetation structure dynamics and regeneration.  PhD dissertation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.  (This study).

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., A. Verheyden, L.P Jayatissa & N. Koedam.  A note on the identification of mangroves from aerial photography  in Kenya and Sri Lanka.  (in preparation a).

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., A. Verheyden, L.P. Jayatissa, D.W.N. Thisera, A. Wickramasinghe & N. Koedam.  Mangrove species distribution and zonation in the Pambala - Chilaw  Lagoon complex (Sri Lanka), an invaluable but threatened site.  (in preparation b).

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., A. Verheyden, W. De Genst, S. Hettiarachchi & N. Koedam, 2000a.  Four decade vegetation dynamics in Sri Lankan mangroves as detected from sequential aerial photography : a case study in Galle.  Bulletin of Marine Science 67(2): 741-759.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., C. Mathenge, J.G. Kairo  & N. Koedam, 2000b. Utilization of mangrove wood products around Mida  Creek (Kenya) amongst subsistence and commercial users.  Economic Botany (in press) 54(4): 513-527.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., D.W.N. Thisera, A. Wickramasinghe & N. Koedam.  Regeneration status of mangroves under natural and nursery conditions in Galle and Pambala, Sri Lanka.  (in preparation c).

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., E. Coppejans & D. Van Speybroeck, 1999a.  Remote sensing and zonation of seagrasses and algae along the Kenyan coast.  Hydrobiologia 400: 63-73.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., I. Van Pottelbergh, J.G. Kairo, S. Cannicci & N. Koedam, 2004.  Two decade vegetation dynamics  in Kenyan mangroves as detected from sequential aerial photography : a case study in Gazi Bay.  Poster presentation on the Tropical Shallow Waters and Humans International Conference, 11-16 April 1999, Naivasha, Kenya.  (submitted a).  Human-impacted mangroves in Gazi (Kenya): predicting future vegetation based on retrospective remote sensing, social surveys, and distribution of trees.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 272: 77-92.  

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Dahdouh-Guebas, F., J.G. Kairo, L.P. Jayatissa, S. Cannicci & N. Koedam.  An ordination study to view vegetation structure dynamics in disturbed and undisturbed mangrove forests in Kenya and Sri Lanka.  (submitted b)  Plant Ecology 161: 123-135.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., L.P. Jayatissa, A. Verheyden, D.W.N. Thisera, A. Wickramasinghe & N. Koedam.  Mangrove species distribution and diversity in the Pambala - Chilaw  Lagoon complex (Sri Lanka), an invaluable but threatened site.  (in preparation d).

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Giuggioli, A. Oluoch, M. Vannini & S. Cannicci, 1999b.  Feeding habits of non-ocypodid crabs from two mangrove forests in Kenya.  Bulletin of Marine Science 64(2): 291-297.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Verneirt, J.F. Tack & N. Koedam, 1997.  Food preferences of Neosarmatium  meinerti de Man (Decapoda : Sesarminae) and its possible effect on the regeneration of mangroves.  Hydrobiologia 347: 83-89.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Verneirt, J.F. Tack, D. Van Speybroeck & N. Koedam, 1998.  Propagule predators in Kenyan mangroves and their possible effect on regeneration.  Marine and Freshwater Research 49(4): 345-350.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Verneirt, S. Cannicci, J.G. Kairo, J.F. Tack & N. Koedam, 2002. An exploratory study on grapsid crab zonation in Kenyan mangroves. (submitted c) Wetlands Ecology and Management 10: 179-187.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., R. De Bondt, P. Abeysinghe, J. G. Kairo, L. Triest & N. Koedam, 1999c.  Ecologic-comparative study of the disjunct zonation pattern of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. in Gazi Bay (Kenya).  Personal communication on the 15th Biennial International Conference of the Estuarine Research Foundation “Where THE River Meets the Sea”, 25-30 September 1999, New Orleans, U.S.A. (submitted d).  Dahdouh-Guebas, F., R. De Bondt, P.D. Abeysinghe, J.G. Kairo, S. Cannicci, L. Triest & N. Koedam, 2004. Comparative study of the disjunct zonation pattern of the grey mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. in Gazi Bay (Kenya). Bulletin of Marine Science 74(2): 237-252.

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Dahdouh-Guebas, F., T. Zetterström, P. Rönnbäck, M. Troell, A. Wickramasinghe & N. Koedam, 2002.  Recent changes in land-use in the Pambala-Chilaw Lagoon complex (Sri Lanka) investigated using remote sensing and GIS : conservation of mangroves vs. development of shrimp farming.  In : F. Dahdouh-Guebas (ed.), Remote sensing and GIS in the sustainable management of tropical coastal ecosystems, Environment, Development and Sustainability 4(2): 185-200.  (submitted e).

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