Objective MANGROVES, SEAGRASS MEADOWS AND CORAL REEFS OFTEN COINCIDE IN TROPICAL COASTAL ZONES. THESE ECOSYSTEMS ARE IMPORTANT FOR COASTAL STABILIZATION AND THEY HAVE A HIGH ECONOMIC VALUE AS THEY ARE SOURCES OF FORESTRY AND FISHERY PRODUCTS. IN MANY AREAS, HOWEVER, THESE SYSTEMS ARE THREATENED BY INCREASING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION BY THE HUMAN POPULATIONS. THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMES OF THIS STD-3 PROJECTS FOCUSSES ON THE FUNCTIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE OF MANGROVES, SEAGRASS BEDS AND CORAL REEFS IN TERMS OF DISSOLVED AND PARTICULATE NUTRIENT EXCHANGES. THERE IS A GROWING AWARENESS THAT MANY INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN MANGROVES, SEAGRASS MEADOWS AND CORAL REEFS EXIST AND THAT THESE SHOULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AIMED AT THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF COASTAL RESOURCES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE SCIENTIFIC DATA GENERATED BY THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT AND STIMULATE COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE EAST-AFRICAN REGION FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF A FUNCTIONAL INTEGRITY OF THE COASTAL ZONE. EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT, IN ADDITION, IMPLIES THE CONTINUATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING COOPERATION BETWEEN EAST-AFRICAN (KENYAN AND TANZANIAN) AND EUROPEAN (DUTCH, BELGIAN AND BELGIAN AND SWEDISH UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES. THE PROGRAMME WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN KENYA (GAZI BAY) AND IN TANZANIA (ZANZIBAR), AND IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS: (1) INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE FUNCTIONING OF MANGROVES AS OUTWELLING NUTRIENT SOURCES FOR ADJACENT SYSTEMS; (2) INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE FUNCTIONING OF SEAGRASS MEADOWS AS SINK OR SOURCES OF IDSSOLVED AND PARTICLE BOUND NUTRIENTS; (3) STUDY OF HYDRODYNAMICS IN THE COASTAL ZONE AS THE FLOW OF WATER IN THE COASTAL ZONE IS THE VEHICLE FOR NUTRIENT FLUXES BETWEEN MANGROVES, SEAGRASS MEADOWS AND CORAL REEF. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmarine biologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemscoastal ecosystemsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry Programme(s) FP3-STD 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the life sciences and technologies for developing countries, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE EU contribution No data Address 28,Vierstraat 28 4401 EA YERSEKE Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE Kenya EU contribution No data Address Cement Road 80001 MONBASA See on map Total cost No data Universidade de Lisboa Portugal EU contribution No data Address 58,Rua da Escola Politecnica 1700 Lisboa See on map Total cost No data University of Dar Es Salaam Tanzania EU contribution No data Address Zanzibar See on map Total cost No data Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium EU contribution No data Address 2,Pleinlaan 2 1050 Bruxelles See on map Total cost No data
