mmg publications

2006 and In Press
	Bouillon S, & Boschker HTS (2006) Bacterial carbon sources in coastal sediments: a cross-system analysis based on stable isotope data of biomarkers. Biogeosciences 3: 175-185. Supplemental file can be downloaded here.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., 2006.  Mangrove forests and tsunami protection.  In : 2006 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, McGraw-Hill Professional, New York, USA: 187-191.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F. & N. Koedam, 2006.  Coastal vegetation and the Asian tsunami.  Science 311: 37-38.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., A. Verheyden, J.G. Kairo, L.P Jayatissa & N. Koedam, 2006. Capacity building in tropical coastal resource monitoring in developing countries : a re-appreciation of the oldest remote sensing method.  International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 13(1): 62-76.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F. & N. Koedam, 2006. Empirical estimate of teh reliability of the use of teh Point-Centred Quarter Method (PCQM): solutions to ambiguous field situations and description of the PCQM+ protocol. Forest Ecology and Management (in press).
	Gillikin DP, & Kamanu CP (2005) Burrowing in the East African mangrove crab Chiromantes ortmanni (Crosnier, 1965) (Decapoda, Bracayura, Sesarmidae). Crustaceana 78: 1273-1275
	Jayatissa, L.P., S. Hettiarachchi & F. Dahdouh-Guebas, 2006.  An attempt to recover economic losses from decadal changes in two lagoon systems of Sri Lanka through a newly patented mangrove product.  Environment, Development and Sustainability (in press).
	Rist, S. & F. Dahdouh-Guebas, 2006.  Ethnosciences - A step towards the integration of scientific and traditional forms of knowledge in the management of natural resources for the future.  Environment, Development & Sustainability (in press).
2005
	Bosire JO, Dahdouh-Guebas F, Kairo JG, Kazungu J, Dehairs F, & Koedam N (2005) Litter degradation and CN dynamics in reforested mangrove plantations at Gazi Bay, Kenya. Biological Conservation 126: 287-295
	Bosire JO, J.G.Kairo, J. Kazungu, N. Koedam & F. Dahdouh-Guebas (2005)  Predation on propagules regulates regeneration in a high-density reforested mangrove plantation.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 299:149-155.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., L.P. Jayatissa, D. Di Nitto, J.O. Bosire, D. Lo Seen & N. Koedam, 2005. How effective were mangroves as a defence against the recent tsunami ? Current Biology 15(12): R443-447.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., S. Hettiarachchi, S. Sooriyarachchi, D. Lo Seen, O. Batelaan, L.P Jayatissa, & N. Koedam, 2005. Transitions in ancient inland freshwater resource management in Sri Lanka affect biota and human populations in and around coastal lagoons. Current Biology 15(6): 579-586
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., E. Van Hiel, J.C.-W. Chan, L.P. Jayatissa & N. Koedam, 2005. Qualitative distinction of congeneric and introgressive mangrove species in mixed patchy forest assemblages using high spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery (IKONOS). Systematics and Biodiversity 2(2): 113-119.
	De Ridder, F., R. Pintelon, J. Schoukens and A. Verheyden, In press. Reduction of the Gibbs phenomenon applied on Non-harmonic Time Base Distortions. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 54: 1118-1125
	Hernández-Cornejo, R., N. Koedam, A. Ruiz Luna, M. Troell & F. Dahdouh-Guebas, 2005. Remote sensing and ethnobotanical assessment of the mangrove forest changes in the Navachiste-San Ignacio-Macapule lagoon complex, Sinaloa, Mexico. Ecology and Society 10(1): 16.
	Verheyden A, Roggeman M, Bouillon S, Elskens M, Beeckman H, & Koedam N (2005) Comparison between d13C of a-cellulose and bulk wood in the mangrove tree Rhizophora mucronata: implications for dendrochemistry. Chemical Geology 219: 275-282 .
	Verheyden, A., F. De Ridder, N. Schmitz, H. Beeckman and N. Koedam (2005). High-resolution time series of vessel density in Kenyan mangrove trees reveal link with climate. New Phytologist 167: 425-435
2004
	Bouillon S, Baeyens W, Koedam N, Satyanarayana B, & Dehairs F (2004) Selectivity of subtidal benthic invertebrate communities for local microalgal production in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem during post-monsoon. Journal of Sea Research 51: 133-144
	Bouillon S, Moens T, Koedam N, Dahdouh-Guebas F, Baeyens W, & Dehairs F (2004) Variability in the origin of carbon substrates for bacterial communities in mangrove sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 49: 171-179
	Bouillon S, Moens T, Overmeer I, Koedam N, & Dehairs F (2004) Resource utilization patterns of epifauna from mangrove forests with contrasting inputs of local versus imported organic matter. Marine Ecology Progress Series 278: 77-88.
	Bouillon S, Moens T, & Dehairs F (2004). Carbon sources sustaining benthic mineralization in mangrove and adjacent seagrass sediments (Gazi bay, Kenya). Biogeosciences 1: 71-78. Available online at http://www.biogeosciences.net
	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.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., I. Van Pottelbergh, J.G. Kairo, S. Cannicci & N. Koedam, 2004. 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.
	Gillikin, D.P., 2004. Osmoregulatory ability of Chiromantes ortmanni (Crosnier, 1965) subjected to dilute and hypersaline seawater. Crustaceana 77(1): 67-74
	Gillikin, D.P., B. De Wachter and J.F. Tack, 2004. Physiological responses of two ecologically important Kenyan mangrove crabs exposed to altered salinity regimes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 301(1):93-109.
	Gillikin, D.P. and C.D. Schubart, 2004. Ecology and systematics of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from East Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141 (3): 435-445.(a new species of Kenyan mangrove crab)
	Obade, P., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, N. Koedam, R. De Wulf & J.F. Tack, 2004. GIS-based integration of interdisciplinary ecological data to detect land-cover changes in creek mangroves at Gazi Bay, Kenya. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 3(1): 11-27.
	Verheyden, A., G. Helle, G. H. Schleser, F. Dehairs, H. Beeckman & N. Koedam (2004) Annual cyclicity in high-resolution stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in the wood of the mangrove tree Rhizophora mucronata. December 2004 issue of Plant, Cell and Environment. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01258.x
	Verheyden, Anouk , James Gitundu Kairo, Hans Beeckman, and Nico Koedam, 2004. Growth rings, growth ring formation and age determination in the mangrove Rhizophora mucronata. Annals of Botany 94: 59-66
2003
	Bosire, J., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, J.G. Kairo & N. Koedam, 2003. Colonisation of non-planted mangrove species into restored mangrove stands in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Aquatic Botany 76(4): 267-279.
	Bouillon S, Koedam N, Rao AVVS, Dahdouh-Guebas F, & Dehairs F (2003) Sources of organic carbon in mangrove sediments : variability and possible implications for ecosystem functioning. Hydrobiologia 495 : 33-39.
	Bouillon S, Frankignoulle M, Dehairs F, Velimirov V, Eiler A, Etcheber H, Abril G, & Borges AV (2003) Inorganic and organic carbon biogeochemistry in the Gautami Godavari estuary (Andhra Pradesh, India) during pre-monsoon : the local impact of extensive mangrove forests. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17 (4): 1114, doi:10.1029/2002GB002026. Copyright [2003] American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., J. Ahimbisibwe, R. Van Moll & N. Koedam, 2003. Neo-colonial science by the most industrialised upon the least developed countries in peer-review publishing. Scientometrics 56(3): 329-343.
2002
	Bouillon S, Koedam N, Raman AV, & Dehairs F (2002a) Primary producers sustaining macro-invertebrate communities in intertidal mangrove forests. Oecologia 130 : 441-448. Copyright of full text is Springer-Verlag.
	Bouillon S, Raman AV, Dauby P, & Dehairs F (2002b) Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of subtidal benthic invertebrates in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem (Andhra Pradesh, India). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 54 : 901-913.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., 2002. The use of remote sensing and GIS in the sustainable management of tropical coastal ecosystems. In : F. Dahdouh-Guebas (ed.), Remote sensing and GIS in the sustainable management of tropical coastal ecosystems, Environment, Development and Sustainability 4(2): 93-112.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., J.G. Kairo, L.P. Jayatissa & N. Koedam, 2002. An ordination study to view past, present and future vegetation structure dynamics in disturbed and undisturbed mangroves forests in Kenya and Sri Lanka. Plant Ecology 161(1): 123-135.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F. & N. Koedam, 2002. Mangrove research at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel II : the remote sensing aspect. European Tropical Forests Research Network News 36: 55-59.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Verneirt, S. Cannicci, J.G. Kairo, J.F. Tack & N. Koedam, 2002. An explorative study on grapsid crab zonation in Kenyan mangroves. Wetlands Ecology and Management 10: 179-187.
	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.
	Jayatissa, L.P., F. Dahdouh-Guebas & N. Koedam, 2002. A review of the floral composition and distribution of mangroves in Sri Lanka. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 138: 29-43.
	Kairo, J.G., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, P.O. Gwada, C. Ochieng & N. Koedam, 2002. Regeneration status of mangrove forests in Mida Creek, Kenya : a compromised or secured future ? Ambio 31(7/8): 562-568.
	Kamermans, Pauline, Marten A. Hemminga, Jurgen F. Tack, Miguel A. Mateo, Núria Marbà, Matern Mtolera, Johan Stapel, Anouk Verheyden & Toon Van Daele, 2002 Groundwater effects on diversity and abundance of lagoonal seagrasses in Kenya and on Zanzibar Island (East Africa). Marine ecology progress series, 231: 75-83.
	Satyanarayana B, Raman AV, Dehairs F, Kalavati C, & Chandramohan P (2002) Mangrove floristic and zonation patterns of Coringa, Kakinada Bay, East coast of India. Wetlands Ecology and Management 10 : 25-39
	Verheyden, A., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, K. Thomaes, W. De Genst, S. Hettiarachchi and N. Koedam, 2002. High Resolution Vegetation Data for Mangrove Research as Obtained from Aerial Photography. Environment, Development and Sustainability 4(2): 113-133.
2001
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F. & N. Koedam, 2001. Are the northernmost mangroves of West Africa viable ? - a case study in the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin, 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.
	Gillikin, D.P., S. De Grave and J.F. Tack, 2001. The occurrence of the semi-terrestrial shrimp Merguia oligodon (De Man, 1888) in Neosarmatium smithi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 burrows in Kenyan mangroves. Crustaceana 74(5): 505-508.
	Kairo, J.G., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, J. Bosire & N. Koedam, 2001. Restoration and management of mangrove systems – A lesson for and from the East African region. South African Journal of Botany 67: 383-389.
2000
	Abeysinghe, P.D., L. Triest, B. De Greef, N. Koedam & S. Hettiarachchi, 2000. Comparative genetical and geographic variation of the mangrove tree Bruguiera in Sri Lanka. Aquatic Botany 67(2): 131-141.
	Bouillon S, Chandra Mohan PC, Sreenivas N, & Dehairs F (2000) Sources of suspended organic matter and selective feeding by zooplankton in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem as traced by stable isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 208: 79-92
	Bouillon S, & Dehairs F (2000) Estimating spatial and seasonal phytoplankton d13C variations in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 36 : 273-284.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., C. Mathenge, J.G. Kairo & N. Koedam, 2000. Utilization of mangrove wood products around Mida Creek (Kenya) amongst subsistence and commercial users. Economic Botany 54(4): 513-527.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., A. Verheyden, W. De Genst, S. Hettiarachchi & N. Koedam, 2000. 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., T. Zetterström, P. Rönnbäck, M. Troell & N. Koedam, 2000. Conservation of mangroves vs. development of shrimp farming in Pambala - Chilaw lagoon, Sri Lanka. In : Responsible Aquaculture in the New Millenium. Rosa Flos and Leroy Creswell (comp.), European Aquaculture Society, Special Publication n° 28, Oostende, Belgium: 167.
	Dehairs, F., R. Rao, P. Chandra Mohan, A.V. Raman, S. Marguillier and L. Hellings, 2000. Tracing the carbon and nitrogen flow in the mangrove ecosystem of the Gautami - Godavari delta, Bay of Bengal (India). Hydrobiologia 431: 225-241.
	Wickramasinghe, A. & F. Dahdouh-Guebas, 2000. Eco-friendly rural aquaculture development in Sri Lanka. In : Responsible Aquaculture in the New Millenium. Rosa Flos and Leroy Creswell (comp.), European Aquaculture Society, Special Publication n° 28, Oostende, Belgium: 751.
Publications before 2000
	Abeysinghe, P.D., L. Triest, B. De Greef, N. Koedam & S. Hettiarachi, 1999. Genetic differentiation between Bruguiera gymnorhiza and B. sexangula in Sri Lanka. Hydrobiologia 413: 11-16.
	Cannicci, S, D. Anyona, R. Vezzosi, 1993. Fidelity and short distance orientation of Thalamita crenata (Portunidae, Decapoda). Proceedings of the international Senckenberg symposium on Crustacea, Decapoda Frankfurt, Germany, October 18 - 22, 1993.
	Cannicci, S., D. Anyona & F. Dahdouh-Guebas, 1994. Homing in the mangrove swimming crab Thalamita crenata (Decapoda : Portunidae). Boll. Zool. Suppl. 92.
	Cannicci, S., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, D. Anyona and M. Vannini, 1995. Homing in the mangrove swimming crab Thalamita crenata (Decapoda, Portunidae). Ethology 100: 242-252.
	Cannicci, S., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, D. Anyona and M. Vannini, 1996. Natural diet and feeding habits of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda, Portunidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology16: 678-683.
	Chandra Mohan, P., R.G. Rao and F. Dehairs, 1997. Role of Godavari mangroves (India) in the production and survival of prawn larvae. Hydrobiologia 358: 317-320.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., E. Coppejans & D. Van Speybroeck, 1999. Remote sensing and zonation of seagrasses and algae along the Kenyan coast. Hydrobiologia 400: 63-73.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Giuggioli, A. Oluoch, M. Vannini & S. Cannicci, 1999. Feeding habits of non-ocypodid crabs from two mangrove forests of Kenya. Bulletin of Marine Science 64(2): 291-297.
	Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Verneirt, J. F. Tack and N. Koedam, 1997. Food preferences in 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 and N. Koedam, 1998. Propagule predators in Kenyan mangroves and their possible effect on regeneration. Marine and Freshwater Research 49(4): 345-350.
	Giuggioli, M., F. Dahdouh-Guebas & S. Cannicci, 1994. Feeding specialization and activity in certain mangrove crabs. Boll. Zool. Suppl. 41.
	Marguillier, S., G. van der Velde, F. Dehairs, M.A. Hemminga and S. Rajagopal, 1997. Trophic relationships in an interlinked mangrove seagrass ecosystem as traced by 13C and 15N. Marine Ecology Progress Series 151: 115-121.
	Matthijs, S., J. Tack, D. Van Speybroeck and N. Koedam. Mangrove species zonation and soil redox state, sulphide concentration and salinity in Gazi Bay (Kenya), a preliminary study. Mangroves and Salt Marshes 3: 243-249.
	Rao, R., A.F. Woitchik, L. Goeyens, A. Van Riet, J. Kazungu, L. Goeyens and F. Dehairs, 1994. Carbon, nitrogen contents and stable carbon isotope abundance in mangrove leaves from an east African coastal lagoon (Kenya). Aquatic Botany 47: 175-183.
	Tack, J.F. (1992). Ecomorphology of the Mangrove Oyster Saccostrea cucullata (von Born, 1778). Academiae Analecta 54(4): 1-20.
	Tack, J.F. and Polk, P. (1995). Communication between adult oysters and larvae of Saccostrea cucullata. In Lavens, P., Jaspers, E., Roelants, I. (Ed.) Fish & shellfish larviculture. European Aquaculture Society Special Publication 24: 65-68.
	Tack, J.F. and Polk, P. (1995). Modification of the settling behaviour of Saccostrea cucullata (von Born, 1778) leads to a change in food uptake. In Svennevig, N., Krogdahl, A. (Ed.) Quality in Aquaculture. European Aquaculture Society Special Publication 23: 237-238.
	Tack, J.F. and Polk, P. (1996). The uptake of colloidal melanin from seawater by marine bivalves. Marine Ecology 17 (1-3): 543-548.
	Tack, J.F. and Polk, P. (1999). The Influence of Tropical Catchments upon coastal zone: Modelling the Links between Groundwater and Mangrove Losses in Kenya, India/Bangladesh and Florida. In: Harper, D., Brown, T. (Eds.) The Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments, J. Wiley, London.
	Tack J.F., Vanden Berghe, E. and Polk, Ph. (1992). Ecomorphology of Crassostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) (Ostreidae) in a mangrove creek (Gazi, Kenya). Hydrobiologia 247: 109-117.
	Tack J.F., Vanden Berghe, E. and Polk, Ph. (1992). Ecomorphology of Crassostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) (Ostreidae) in a mangrove creek (Gazi, Kenya). In Jaccarini, V., Martens, E. (Ed.) The Ecology of Mangrove and Related Ecosystems. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht: 109-117.
	Vezzosi, R, S. Barbaresi, D. Anyona, M. Vannini, 1995. Activity patterns in Thalamita crenata (Portunidae, Decapoda): A shaping by tidal cycles. Marine Behavior And Physiology 24: 207-214.
	Vezzosi, R, S. Cannicci, and D. Anyona, 1993. Swimming rhythms and pressure responses of Thalamita crenata. In: Proceedings of the International Senckenberg symposium on Crustacea, Decapoda Frankfurt, Germany, October 18-22, 1993.
	Woitchik, A.F., B. Ohowa, J.M. Kazungu, R.G. Rao, L. Goeyens and F. Dehairs, 1997. Nitrogen enrichment during decomposition of mangrove litter in an east African coastal lagoon (Kenya) : relative importance of biological nitrogen fixation. Biogeochemistry 39: 15-35.

Cannicci, S., F. Dahdouh-Guebas & L. Montemagno, 1997. Field keys for Kenyan mangrove crabs. Museo Zoologico "La Specola", University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.

Abeysinghe, P.D., 1999. Conservation genetics of mangroves : morphology and DNA polymorphism in a geographical context. PhD dissertation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 143 pp.

Bouillon, S (2002) Organic carbon in a southeast Indian mangrove ecosystem : sources and utilization by different faunal communities. PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 334 pp.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., 2001. Mangrove vegetation structure dynamics and regeneration. PhD Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Kairo, J.G., 2001. Ecology and restoration of mangrove systems in Kenya. Ph.D. thesis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 110 pp.

Kazungu, J.M., 1996. Nitrogen-transformation processes in a tropical mangrove ecosystem (Gazi bay, Kenya). Ph.D. thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 198 pp.

Rao, R.G., 1998. Tracing carbon flow in the mangrove ecosystem of Godavari Delta, India. Ph.D. thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 142 pp.

Verheyden, A., 2004. Rhizophora mucronata wood as a proxy for changes in environmental conditions, a study of the wood anatomy, stable isotope chemistry and inorganic composition of a Kenyan mangrove species. Ph.D. thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), 228 pp.
 

Anyona, D.B., 1999. Crab predation on the oyster Saccostrea cucculata (von Born, 1778): chemical effects of prey densities and chemical metabolites. Unpublihsed M.Sc. thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, 66 pp.

Atuke, D.M., 2000. Structure and growth form in a mangrove forest as influenced by the ecological and environmental factors, Gazi Bay, Kenya. MSc. Ecological Marine Management thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Bosire, J.O., 1999. Floristic and faunistic secondary succession in a mangrove ecosystem in Kenya. MSc. Ecological Marine Management thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Collin, S., 2002. Ethnobotanical and fishery-related importance of mangroves of East Godavari Delta, Andhra Pradesh, India. MSc. Ecological Marine Management thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.106 pp.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., 1994. Kenyan Mangrove Crabs : feeding ecology and behavioural ecology of some selected species. Biology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. (abstract)

Dahdouh-Guebas, F., 1996. Tropical Coastal Ecosystems : the effects of long- and short-term changes in groundwater flow on seagrass distributions in Florida and Kenya. Human Ecology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. (abstract)

De Bondt, R., 1995. Het disjuncte patroon van Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. Langs de oostkust van Afrika (Kenya, Gazi Bay). Een ecologisch vergelijkende studie. Biology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Defever, H., 2004. Voorspellingen van de gevolgen van zeeniveaustijging op het mangrove-ecosysteem van Gazi (Kenya). Lic./MSc. Biologie thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.

Deschuytter, V., 2000. Vegetatiepatroon van de mangroven in Sri Lanka en fysico-chemische stressfactoren. Lic./MSc Biology thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Gillikin, D.P., 2000. Factors controlling the distribution of Kenyan brachyuran mangrove crabs: Salinity tolerance and ecophysiology of two Kenyan Neosarmatium species. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels Belgium. 151 pp. (abstract)

Hernández Cornejo, R.H., 2001. Assessment of the mangrove forest changes on the Navachiste-San Ignacio-Macapule lagoon complex in Sinaloa (Mexico) using remote sensing as tool. MSc. Ecological Marine Management thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 72 pp.

Kajia, Y., 2000. Assessment of the effects of rice cultivation in the mangrove forests of the Rufiji Delta (Mainland Tanzania). MSc. Ecological Marine Management thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Ladavid, G., 1995. Fysico-chemische stressfactoren in mangrovebodems (relatie tot vegetatiestructuur) en optimalisatie van diversiteitsanalyse van mangrovesoorten. Biotechnology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Longonje, S.N., 2002. Utilization of mangrove wood products in Douala-Edea Reserve (Cameroon) amongst subsistence and commercial users. MSc. Human Ecology thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 61 pp.

Mathenge, C., 1998. Exploitation of mangroves from a subsistence perspective. Case study : Mida Creek. MSc. Human Ecology thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Matthijs, S., 1995. Relatie tussen de zonatie van de mangroven in Gazi Bay (Kenia) en de redoxtoestand en samenhangende factoren. Biology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Meert, I., 2003. Assessment of the sustainability of a community-based ecotouristic project and an introduction (or preliminary research) to its ecological footprint, in mangrove areas of Pambala, Sri Lanka. Lic./MSc. Biology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 151 pp.

Mwangi, E., 2000. Distribution of Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) and Littorina subvittata (Reid, 1986) in relation to vertical and horizontal migration. MSc. Ecological Marine Management thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Osore, M.K.W., 1994. A study of the zooplantkon of Gazi Bay, Kenya and the adjacent waters : community structure and seasonal variation. MSc Ecological Marine Management thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 104pp.

Overmeer, I (2002). A carbon and nitrogen stable isotope study to trace food web dynamics in two Sri Lankan mangrove ecosystems. MSc thesis, Advance Studies in Marine and Lacustrine Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. 24 pp.

Princen, S., 2003. Evaluation of the ecological success of a reforested mangrove system in a Sri Lankan lagoon. Lic./MSc. Biologie Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 52 pp.

Pycke, P., 2003. Teledetectie en grondcontrole van de distributie en samenstelling van mangrovesoorten in Chilaw Lagoon met zeer hoge resolutie satellietbeelden. Lic./MSc. Biologie Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 113 pp.

Roggeman M., 2002. Stabiele koolstofisotopensamenstelling van mangrovehout in relatie tot omgevingsfactoren in hitorisch perspectief. Biology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Stolk, M.E., 2000. Patterns of mangroves use in Hoanh Bo District, Quang Ninh Province, Northern Vietnam. MSc. Human Ecology thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Thomaes, K., 1996. Voorbereidend onderzoek naar de bruikbaarheid van luchtfoto’s voor mangrove-analyse en evolutie van mangrovegebieden in Sri Lanka. Biology Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Van Hiel, E., 2002. Identification of mangrove assemblages using very high resolution IKONOS satellite images. MSc. Environmental Science and Technology thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. 99 pp.

Van Pottelbergh, I., 1999. Mangrovedynamiek door teledetectie van temporeel sequentiële luchtfoto’s : een studie in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Lic. Biology thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

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