Structure, Function, and Management of Mangrove Ecosystems

Ong, J.E. & Gong, W.K. (2013) Structure, Function and Management of Mangrove Ecosystems. ISME Mangrove Educational Book Series No. 2. International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME), Okinawa, Japan, and International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Yokohama, Japan.

This book is about mangrove plants and animals that colonise the main part of the intertidal zone in the tropics and subtropics. It highlights the structure, function, state of health, and as importantly, the sustainable economic and ecological management of mangrove forests.

This book is not written for the professionals but aimed more at semi-professionals, students and those who need an introduction to mangroves at a higher than just a superficial treatment. The confusion with rehabilitation of mangroves after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami strongly suggests that such a book would fulfil a need. The authors also wish to share their considerable experience working (mainly in the field in hands-on situations) in some of the most biologically diverse and luxuriant mangroves in the world.

It is not the intention of this book to provide a highly technical review of the subject. As such, the references are not extensive but enough to point the way for further reading. This makes for easier reading. This book is also structured in such a way that the photographs, with their own captions, can be read independently from the text. The boxes provide further details and need not be read with the text or photographs

Publication Details

• Published: 2013
• ISBN-13: 978-4-906584-17-8