Making ecotourism sustainable: refocusing on economic viability. Lessons learnt from the “Regional strategic action plan for coastal ecotourism development in the South Western Indian Ocean”

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 819-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Picard
2016 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 263-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alin C. Dirtu ◽  
Govindan Malarvannan ◽  
Krishna Das ◽  
Violaine Dulau-Drouot ◽  
Jeremy J. Kiszka ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 102161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavanee Annasawmy ◽  
Jean-François Ternon ◽  
Pascal Cotel ◽  
Yves Cherel ◽  
Evgeny V. Romanov ◽  
...  

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENNY KWOK KAN CHAN ◽  
CHIH-HSIUNG HSU ◽  
PEI-CHEN TSAI

In Madagascan waters, both Tetraclita rufotincta Pilsbry 1916 and T. africana Ren 1989 have been reported. Tetraclita rufotincta is more widely distributed than T. africana, extending to the western Indian Ocean and east Africa. Tetraclita africana is reported from Madagascar and no further distribution record has been made apart from its type locality. Both species have pink parietes and are similar in size, which could lead to identification confusion. In this study, we revealed that T. africana differed from T. rufotincta in having multicuspidate setae on cirrus III, a feature that can be observed with both light microscopy and SEM. Additionally, the tergum of T. africana has a rounded spur and a larger basi-scutal angle than that of T. rufotincta. However, since the name Tetraclita africana has been pre-occupied under the name Tesseropora (Tetraclita) wireni africana Nilsson-Cantell, 1932, we, therefore, propose herein a replacement name, Tetraclita reni nom. nov. Based on museum specimens examined, Tetraclita reni nom. nov. is present in northeastern and southern Madagascar and Mauritius but absent from Yemen, Kenya, South Africa, Aldabra and northwestern Madagascar, suggesting the distribution of T. reni nom. nov. could be confined to the south and northeast of Madagascar and adjacent waters.


2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. e1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Célestine M. Atyame ◽  
Nicole Pasteur ◽  
Emilie Dumas ◽  
Pablo Tortosa ◽  
Michaël Luciano Tantely ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1657-1677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo A. Agosta ◽  
Rosa H. Compagnucci

The interannual-to-multidecadal variability of central-west Argentina (CWA) summer (October–March) precipitation and associated tropospheric circulation are studied in the period 1900–2010. Precipitation shows significant quasi cycles with periods of about 2, 4–5, 6–8, and 16–22 yr. The quasi-bidecadal oscillation is significant from the early 1910s until the mid-1970s and is present in pressure time series over the southwestern South Atlantic. According to the lower-frequency spectral variation, a prolonged wet spell is observed from 1973 to the early 2000s. The precipitation variability shows a reversal trend since then. In that wet epoch, the regionally averaged precipitation has been increased about 24%. The lower-frequency spectral variation is attributed to the climate shift of 1976/77. From the early twentieth century until the mid-1970s, the precipitation variability is associated with barotropic quasi-stationary wave (QSW) propagation from the tropical southern Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, generating vertical motion and moisture anomalies at middle-to-subtropical latitudes east of the Andes over southern South America. The QSW propagation could be related to anomalous convection partly induced by tropical anomalous SSTs in the western Indian Ocean (WIO). It could also be linked to another midlatitude source along the storm tracks, to the east of New Zealand. After 1976/77, the precipitation variability is associated with equatorial symmetric circulation anomalies linked to El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-like warmer conditions. Positive moisture anomalies are consistently observed at lower latitudes in association with inflation of the western flank of the South Atlantic anticyclone. Outside of this, the precipitation variability is unrelated to ENSO.


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