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The Afrotropical Streams and Rivers: Structure, Ecological Processes and Management is a comprehensive guide that provides assessment of major rivers and tributaries in Africa. Unlike other books available, the editors present a thorough study of geomorphological, hydrological, biological, and ecological processes incorporating a range of plant and animal communities, while considering implications of human communities that depend upon them. This book, edited by a diverse cohort of researchers and/or scholars, is intended as an educational and practical guide for graduate students, researchers and scientists who focus on the biodiversity, conservation and management/policy issues of the African river systems.
Contents
1. African streams and rivers: an introduction
SECTION I: MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES
2. Major African river systems and their associated tributaries: An overview
3. Rivers of Southern Africa
4. Rivers of East Africa
5. Rivers of the Congo River Basin in Central Africa
6. Rivers of West Africa
7. Rivers of North Africa
SECTION II: PHYSICAL STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES
8. Erosion and Accretion - Landscape Sculpting by Water
9. African River Hydrology
10. Physico-chemical environment
11. River riparian zones in sub-Saharan Africa: Processes, functions, and sustainability
12. Organic matter and nutrient dynamics
13. Primary production and ecosystem metabolism
14. Terrestrial-aquatic connectivity
SECTION III: BIOTA
15. Microbial and phytoplankton dynamics in freshwater rivers
16. Macrophytes
17. Macroinvertebrates
18. Fishes of Southern Africa
19. Birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians
20. Food web dynamics
SECTION IV: MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND THREATS
21. River management and governance
22. Rivers and people
23. Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change
24. Restoring freshwater ecosystems: lessons from case studies on riparian vegetation, aquatic weeds and freshwater fish
25. Anthropogenic threats
26. Woody plants encroachment and impacts on streamflow recharge in arid and semi-arid environments
27. Advances in Biomonitoring in Africa
28. Environmental flows
29. Overview and future prospects of African rivers research
