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|a A Rapid Ecohydrological Assessment of the Ruvu River Estuary, Tanzania |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Miami, Florida : |b Florida International University, |c 2015. |
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|a This report describes the results of the first rapid ecohydrological assessment of the Ruvu River estuary (June 18-28,
2013). The specific objective was to begin understanding how the plant and animal communities are related with the
salinity and flow regime in the estuary. To do so, baseline data was gathered on estuary channel depth, flow velocity,
salinity and water quality, riparian vegetation community structure, marine vegetation and fish species and the
presence/absence of large terrestrial and marine predators in the estuary. These baseline data are a subset of the inputs
necessary to ultimately determine the minimum freshwater inflows required in the Ruvu river to maintain the estuarine
ecosystem and the human communities that have been depending on them for millennia.
The survey results presented in this report provide a snapshot of the wet-dry season transition. Because salinity in the
estuary varies not just with location and tide but also with the seasons, additional baseline salinity data in other seasons
are necessary for obtaining the salinity profile of the Ruvu estuary over a year. This report proposes a monitoring
program to obtain this additional data as well as the studies necessary for a detailed understanding of the connections
between freshwater flows, salinity and the ecosystem communities. |
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|a Water Resource Managers, Hydrologists, Ecologists |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Added automatically, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Global Water for Sustainability Program (Florida International University). |
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