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6.1	Introduction	78
6.2	The Complexity of the Natural FAM Ecosystems	78
6.3	Palms and Other Vegetation	80
6.4	Sub-Ecozones of the FAM Ecozone	81
6.5	Animal Communities of the FAM	85
7	THE NATURAL BRACKISH-WATER ALLUVIAL EQUATORIAL MONSOON (BAM) ECOZONE	88
7.1	Introduction	88
7.2	Mangrove Forests and their Distribution	88
7.3	Plant Species Composition of the Nigerian Mangroves	89
7.4	The Dynamics of Mangrove Ecology	91
7.5	Food Chains of the BAM Ecosystem	92
7.6	Animal Communities of the BAM Ecozone	93
7.7	The Brackish-water/Freshwater Ecozone	94
8	THE NATURAL SAND-BARRIER ISLANDS OF THE NIGER DELTA	96
8.1	The Formation of the Sand-Barrier Islands	96
8.2	The Balance Between Deposition and Erosion	97
8.3	The Natural Ecosystems	98
8.4	The Beach Strand Sub-Ecozones	99
8.5	Animal Communities of the Sand-Barrier Islands	100
9	THE NATURAL ESTUARIES & IN-SHORE WATERS OF THE NIGER DELTA	101
9.1	Introduction	101
9.2	Ecosystem Dynamics of the Estuaries and Inshore Waters	101
9.3	Plants and Animals of the Estuaries and Inshore Waters	102
10	PEOPLE AND RESOURCE-USE CONFLICT	105
10.1	Animal Populations and Ecosystems	105
10.2	Resource Cycles and People	105
10.3	The Ecological Problem of Modern Society	109
10.4	Resource-Use Conflicts	111
10.5	Is There an Easy Solution?	112
11	THE RESOURCES OF THE NIGER DELTA	105
11.1	Renewable and Non-renewable Resources	114
11.2	Land	115
11.3	Water	116
11.4	Fish	119
12	THE RESOURCES OF THE NIGER DELTA: FORESTS	123
12.1	The Nature of the Resource	123
12.2	Classification of the Forest Condition in the Niger Delta	123
12.3	Forest Resources by Ecozone	125
12.4	The Economic Problem of the Forest Resources	127
12.5	Economic Cost-Benefit Analyses of Forest Exploitation	128
13	THE RESOURCES OF THE NIGER DELTA: SOIL AND AGRICULTURE	130
13.1	Introduction	130

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