7th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium

 

The Seventh WIOMSA Scientific Symposium will be held in Mombasa, Kenya from 24-29 October 2011. The Symposium is organized jointly by the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Assocation (WIOMSA) and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI).

 

CORDIO is a major contributor to the symposium, with 1 keynote, 12 orals and 8 poster presentations. See the list of contributions below, and links for downloading the presentations and posters.

 

 

Keynote

Is there a Western Indian Ocean “coral triangle”? David O. Obura, Melita A. Samoilys, Johan R.E. Lutjeharms*, Juliet Hermes, Chris Reason, Raymond Roman, Charine Collins, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Denis Macharia

 

Go to the project page to see and download the powerpoint presentation (12 MB)

 

 

Oral

Dynamics of rabbit fish (Siganus sutor) spawning aggregations in Kenya. M.A. Samoilys, N. Kanyange, G.W. Maina, D. Macharia, K. Osuka and J. Robinson

 

An Assessment of the State of the Lobster Fishery in the Kiunga Marine National Reserve (KMNR), Kenya. George Waweru Maina and Melita A. Samoilys

 

 

 

Artisanal fishing on the Kenya coast: what are the impacts? - M.A. Samoilys,  K.  Osuka and G. W.  Maina

How much of the sea do pre-teenagers know from class? Sarah Ater and Venny Mziri

 

 

 

 

Patterns in the diversity of coral reef fishes in the Western Indian Ocean - Melita A. Samoilys, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip and David O. Obura

 

Evolutionary mechanisms in a western Indian Ocean center of diversity. David Obura

A conceptual framework for understanding decision networks in coastal resource management. Nilufar Matin, John Forrester, David Obura, Richard Taylor and Innocent Wanyonyi

Estimating the Value of Ecosystem Goods and Services in a Marine Protected Area - The Case of Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve, Kenya. Mwakha, Victor Alati

Assessing the impact of Information Communication Technology and adult education among coastal women groups in achieving sustainable livelihoods, South coast Kenya. Stephen Oluoch, Sarah Ater & David Obura

Patterns in fishers' migration within the Western Indian Ocean. Wanyonyi, Innocent

Does interpretation matter? Investigating the impact of visitor exposure to different levels of interpretation in Recreational Marine Resource Use. Sander den Haring

Coral Reef Resilience Assessment Along Tanzanian Coast. January Ndagala and David Obura

 

Poster

Downlaod poster presentations through the links below

Spatial analysis of coral bleaching in the Western Indian Ocean in January-June 2010. Denis Macharia, David Obura, Majambo Jarumani.

Changing with the times: - lessons and experiences from an outreach programme. Sarah Ater

Ecological relationship between fish fauna and coral reef benthos in Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya. Mike Olendo, David Obura, Marc Kochzius and Nico Koedam

Forecasting coral bleaching in the western Indian Ocean, 2007-2011. David Obura, Majambo Jarumani, Denis Macharia

Coral bleaching and mortality in Mayotte, May 2010 – the roles of environmental and biological factors. Obura, Benzoni, Bigot

Targeted fishing of spawning aggregations of rabbit fish (Siganus sutor) and grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) in southern Kenya. George Waweru, Melita A. Samoilys

Comoros Gyre – from observations to modelling. Charine Collins, Raymond Roman, Chris Reason, Juliet Hermes

Coral Reefs of Northeast Madagascar – a center of high diversity and climate refuge? Ando Rabearisoa, David Obura, Giuseppe Di Carlo, Thomas Oliver