This text covers coastal hydrodynamics, currents, salinities and temperatures, fertility, flora, biomass and plankton, fauna, fishes, avifauna and a survey of estuaries in southern Africa.
Preface, 1. The nature, origin and classification of estuaries, 2. Coastal hydrodynamics, sediment transport and inlet stability, 3. Estuarine currents, salinities and temperatures, 4. Estuarine sediments, turbidity and the penetration of light, 5. The chemistry and fertility of estuaries, 6. The estuarine flora, 7. Primary production in Langebaan Lagoon, 8. Estuarine plankton, 9. The estuarine fauna, 10. Estuarine meiofauna, 11. Adaptations to temperature and salinity stress in southern African estuaries, 12. Estuarine fishes, 13. The estuarine avifauna of southern Africa, 14. Summaries of current knowledge of 43 estuaries in southern Africa, 15. The coastal lakes of southern Africa, 16. The estuarine ecosystem and environmental constraints, 17. The management of estuaries, Appendix, Index
