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Dr. Johnson U. Kitheka

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Category: School of Agriculture,Enviroment,Water and Natural Resources

Senior Lecturer

Specialisation: Hydrology  and Water Resources Management

Contacts: Tel.: +254 0714 645 694; Email:  Kolbio_kolbio@yahoo.com

Degrees Awarded:

  • 1999-2002: University of Nairobi, Kenya, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies: Ph.D in Hydrology.
  • 1997-1999: University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Earth Sciences Centre, Department of Oceanography.  M.Sc  in Oceanography.
  • 1990-1994: University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography:  M.Sc in Hydrology.
  • 1987-1990: University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography:  B.Sc in Geography with hydrology option.

Experience:

  1. July. 2010-present: Senior-Lecturer: School of Water Resources Science and Technology, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya.
  2. (Nov. 2004-June 2010:     Environmental Scientist/Project Officer: Nairobi Convention Secretariat, UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Management Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya.
  3. May. 1997-Nov. 2004:     Senior Research Officer: Environment and Ecology Research Programme, Coastal and Marine Research Division, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya.
  4. Nov. 1994-Apr.1997:     Research Officer I: Environment and Ecology Research Programme,Coastal and Marine Research Division, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya.
  5. May. 1994-Oct. 1994:     Research Officer II: Environment and Ecology Research Programme,Coastal and Marine Research Division, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya.
  6. Dec. 1992-Apr.1994:     Assistant Research Officer: Environment and Ecology Research Programme,Coastal and Marine Research Division, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya.
  7. Oct. 1992-Dec.1992:     Hydrologist: Ministry of Land Reclamation, Regional and Water Resources Development, Surface Water/Hydrology Division, Nairobi, Kenya.

Research Awards:

  1. 2002-2004: The System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) – International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) – Land Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Research Grant on a Project entitled ‘Coastal impacts of damming and water abstraction in the Tana and Sabaki River Basins of Kenya’.
  2. 2000-2001: The International Foundation for Science (IFS) Research Grant for a project on water exchange, sediment transport and implications of sedimentation in the Port-Reitz mangrove wetland, Kenya.
  3. 1998-2002: Flemish Inter-University Council-University of Nairobi (VLIR-IUC-UON) Project Research grant to undertake a field-based research on sediment transport and exchange in mangrove wetlands for a research leading to the award of PhD degree in Hydrology of the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
  4. 1997-2000: Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (Sida/SAREC) Research Scholarship Grant for postgraduate training in Oceanography at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
  5. 1997-1999: The International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden: Research Grant to undertake a field-based research on physical oceanographic and hydrological processes influencing the transport and fluxes of sediments in a mangrove wetland, Kenya.
  6. 1995-1996: Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association (WIOMSA) Marine Research Grant (Marg-1) for a research study on river basin sediment production and flux in the Mwache river basin in Kenya.
  7. 2011-2012: National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) Science, Technology and Innovations (STI) Grant for a project on the runoff and rainwater harvesting.

Workshops and Conferences:

  1. The 4th National Workshop on Land and Water Management held at Wida Highway Hotel, Nairobi/Limuru, Kenya in the period February 15-19, 1993.
  2. International Symposium on Large Marine Ecosystem of the Indian Ocean held in Mombasa Kenya in the period March 29-April 2, 1993
  3. International Symposium and Policy Conference on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Eastern Africa and Island states held in Arusha, Tanzania in the period April 21-23, 1993.
  4. The 6th International Conference on Rainwater Catchment systems held in Nairobi, Kenya in the period August 1-6, 1993.
  5. The 1st International EC-STD III workshop on Interlinkages between Coastal Ecosystems in Eastern Africa held in Zanzibar, Tanzania in September 1993.
  6. The 2nd International EC-STD III project workshop on Interlinkages between Eastern Africa Coastal Ecosystems held in Mombasa, Kenya in the period October 4-7, 1994,
  7. The 2nd SAREC Regional Workshop on Physical Oceanography held in Zanzibar, Tanzania in the period Decembe. 6-12, 1994.
  8. The 1st KSDA/DAAD National Conference on strengthening the relationship between the Universities and the Industry held between 28th November and 1st December 1995 in Nairobi, Kenya.
  9. The 3rd Kenya Meteorological Society Conference on meteorological research applications and services, held in the period October 7-11, 1996 in Mombasa, Kenya. Theme: The impact of climatic variability on agriculture and environment. Sponsored by Kenya Meteorological Society (KMS) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
  10. The 1st European Union (EU-INCO) Project Workshop on the ‘anthropogenically-induced changes in groundwater outflow and quality, and the functioning of the Eastern Africa nearshore ecosystems’. Held between 4th and 6th March 1997 at Reef Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya.
  11. The Workshop on environmental monitoring in the coastal zone, held at Nyali Hotel in  Mombasa, Kenya in the period April 23-25, 1997. Organized by the British Geological Society (BGS) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI). 
  12. The 1st WIOMSA (Western Indian Ocean Marine Scientists Association) Scientific Conference and General Assembly held in the period 2-5 May 1997 in Mombasa, Kenya.
  13. The 4th Session of the UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Regional Committee for Co-operative Investigations in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean, held in the period 6-10 May, 1997 in Mombasa, Kenya.
  14. UNESCO-Kenya National Workshop on sustainable coastal zone development through integrated planning and management focused on mitigating the impacts of coastline instability, held in Mombasa, Kenya in the period 23-25 June 1997.
  15. LOICZ-IGBP first (1st) African Global Change Workshop on river catchment-coastal sea interaction and critical loads, held in the period 25-27 July 2000 at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
  16. UNDP/WMO/KMD/DMC Workshop on factoring climate information in disaster preparedness and management policy in Kenya. Held at the Imperial Hotel, Kisumu in the period 14-16 December, 2000.
  17. The 2nd Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium, held in the period 22 –26 October, 2001 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  18. GOOS-AFRICA Meeting for the Development and Protection of the Marine and Coastal Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa, held in the period 19-2 November, 2001 in Nairobi, Kenya.
  19. The 3rd Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium, held in the period 15 –19 October, 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique.
  20. The 6th Pan-Africa START Committee (PACOM) meeting, held in the period 4-6 December  2003 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  21. UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Physical Alteration and Destruction of Habitats (PADH) Regional Task Force meeting, held on 20th April, 2005 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  22. UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Municipal Wastewater Management (MWW) Regional Task Force meeting, held on 19th April, 2005 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  23. UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Steering Committee meeting, held on 22nd April, 2005, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  24. UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Regional Legal and Technical Review Task Force meeting, held in the period 24-25 May, 2005 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
  25. Fourth WIOMSA Scientific Symposium, held in the period 29 August-3 September 2005 in  Grand Baie, Mauritius.
  26. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project inception meeting of the Regional Task Force on Municipal Wastewater Management, held Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 19th April 2005.
  27. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project inception meeting of the Regional Steering Committee, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 21 April 2005.
  28. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project inception meeting of the Regional Task Force on Physical
    Alteration and Destruction of Coastal and Marine Habitats, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 20th April 2005.
  29. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project inception meeting of the Regional Task Force on Legal and Technical Review of Nairobi Convention, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar in the period 24-25th May 2005.
  30. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project inception meeting of the Regional Task Force on Water, Sediment and Biota Quality Assessment and Monitoring, held in Durban, South Africa in the period 4-5th August 2005.
  31. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project 2nd meeting of the Regional Task Force on Water, Sediment and Biota Quality Assessment and Monitoring,  held in Quatre Bornes, Mauritius in the period 8-10 February 2006.
  32. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project 2nd meeting of the Regional Task Force on Municipal Wastewater Management, held in Moroni, Comoros in the period 26-28 October 2005.
  33. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project 2nd meeting of the Regional Task Force on Physical Alteration and Destruction of Coastal and Marine Habitats, held in Moroni, Comoros in the period 26-28 October 2005.
  34. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project 2nd Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Legal and Technical Review of Nairobi Convention, held at Diani, Kenya in the period 8-10 March 2006.
  35. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project 2nd Meeting of the Regional Steering Committee, held at Diani, Kenya on 7 March 2006.
  36. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project inception meeting of the Regional Task Force on the Development of a Regional Clearing House Mechanism for Nairobi Convention, Nairobi, Kenya.
  37. UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Project inception meeting of the Regional Task Force on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Maputo, Mozambique.
  38. UNEP Meeting of the Partners- Consultative Forum for the Conservation of Marine Ecosystems in the Western Indian. Held in the period 31 August – 1 September 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya.
  39. UNEP/Nairobi Convention 8th and 5th Joint Conference of Parties of the Abidjan and Nairobi Conventions, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in November 2008.
  40. UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regional Task Force, held on 10 November 2008 in Sommerset West, South Africa.
  41. NEMA-UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) National Task Force Workshop, held on 19 March 2008 in Mombasa, Kenya.
  42. NEMA-UNEP Stakeholder’s Workshop on the Kenya State of the Coast Report, held on 20 March 2008 in Mombasa, Kenya.
  43. World Bank/Government of Kenya: Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) Training Workshops on Environmental and Social Safeguards with emphasis on Environmental Assessment Methodology. Workshops held at Kitui and Siaya in the period October 21-24, 2010 and October 25-29, 2010, respectively.
  44. ASCLME-UNDP Technical Workshops on the formulation of the Marine Environment Diagnostic Analysis (MEDA), held in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa, in October-November, 2011
  45. The fifth WIOMSA Scientific Symposium and General Assembly held in Mombasa, Kenya in the period 24-29 October, 2011.
  46. National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) Rainwater Harvesting Project Technical Workshop held in Kitui, Kenya on 2 March 2012.
  47. ASCLME-SWIOFP 4th Joint Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) Development Workshop held at Merville Beach, Lux Island Resorts Ltd in Mauritius in the period 21t -24 July 2012.
  48. 3rd Annual Effluent and Water Management Conference. 5-6 December 2013, Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.

Research Projects:

  1. 1993-1995: EEC-STD III Project on interlinkages between East African Coastal Ecosystems. Project Contract No. TS3-CT92-0114: Research component on hydrodynamics and water circulation dynamics in Gazi Bay, Kenya.
  2. 1994-1995: UNEP Eastern Africa Coastal and Marine Environment Database and Atlas Project. Coastal hydrology Component focused on the delineation of coastal river basins/catchments and preparation of a chapter on coastal rivers, lakes and ground water resources, including the policy, legal and institutional frameworks governing environmental assessment and water resources management.
  3. 1995-1996:  IOC-SAREC/WIOMSA Project (Project Contract No.. SC298-012-5): Research project on the sediment production and discharge dynamics in the Mwache River Basin, Kenya.
  4. 1996-1997:  KWS (Kenya Wildlife Service)-KMFRI Project on the bio-diversity of Mida Creek.  Implemented a research component on hydrology, water circulation dynamics and groundwater flow in Mida Creek, Malindi, Kenya.
  5. 1996-1998:  EU-INCO Project on the ‘Anthropogenically induced changes in groundwater outflow and quality, and the functioning of the Eastern Africa nearshore ecosystems’.  Implemented a research component on hydrology, water-circulation and groundwater flow in Mida Creek, Malindi, Kenya.
  6. 1998-1999:  International Foundation for Science (IFS) Research Project on the dynamics of sediment transport in the mangrove-fringed Port-Reitz Creek.
  7. 1998-1999: Inter-Governmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-SIDA GIPME/MARPOLMON Project). Baseline monitoring of nutrients, sediment transport and turbidity in Kilindini Channel/Port-Reitz Creek, Kenya.
  8. 1999-2002: Flemish Inter-University Council–University of Nairobi (VLIR-IUC-UON) Project on Coastal Zone Management and Research (MASCOM). Implemented a research component on hydrodynamics and sediment transport dynamics in Mwache Creek, Kenya.
  9. 2000-2002: International Foundation for Science (IFS) Research Project on water exchange, sediment transport and implications of sedimentation in the Port-Reitz mangrove wetland, Kenya.
  10. 2001: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) - Drought Monitoring Centre Nairobi (DMC) project on ‘factoring climate information in disaster preparedness and management policy in Kenya. Contributed in the preparation of a chapter on water resources of Kenya.
  11. 2001-2002: KMFRI Multi-disciplinary project on Ungwana Bay fisheries and the environment. Implemented a research component on the influence of Tana and Sabaki River systems on productivity of Ungwana Bay.
  12. 2002-2003: International START/IGBP-LOICZ Afri-Basins/Catchments (Afri-CAT) Project on the Coastal Impacts of Damming and Water Abstraction in Africa. Implemented a Research Component on the assessment of the impacts of water abstraction and damming in the Tana and Sabaki River basins of Kenya.
  13. 2002-2004: UNESCO-IHP/UNEP-DEWA Project: Assessment of pollution status and vulnerability of water supply aquifers of African cities - Case study of Mombasa City in Kenya.
  14. 2011- to date: National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), Kenya: Science, Technology and Innovations project on the ‘promotion of surface runoff and rainwater harvesting for application in aquacultural and horticultural development in Kitui District, Kenya’.
  15. 2011-to date: Monitoring of the variability of river discharge and sediment fluxes in the Athi River Basin in Kenya.

Publications:

  1. Kitheka, J.U (2002):  The hydrodynamic processes, transport and flux of sediments in the Mwache Creek mangrove wetland in Kenya. Ph.D Thesis, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 260p.
  2. Kitheka, J.U (1993): The soil erosion and its impact on surface water reservoirs: Case study of Nguu-Tatu catchment, Northeast of Mombasa district, Kenya. M.Sc Thesis, University of Nairobi, Kenya. 289p.
  3. Kitheka, J.U (1990): Some aspects of the environmental impact of Bura Irrigation and    Settlement Scheme: An assessment study. B.Sc Dissertation, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya. 160p.
  4. Kitheka, J.U (1996): Streamflow and sediment discharge response to spatially non-uniform rainfall in a coastal river basin in Kenya. Presented in the 3rd  Kenya Meteorological Society Conference on "Meteorological research applications and services: Impact of climatic variability on agriculture and the environment". Mombasa, Kenya, October 7-11, 1996, 33p.
  5. Kitheka, J.U (1997): The linkage between coastal water circulation dynamics and groundwater flow in a tropical mangrove creek in Kenya. In Rawlins, B.G and Williams, T.M (1997): Abstracts of the ODA/LOCS workshop on "Environmental monitoring in the coastal zone", Mombasa, Kenya, 23rd-25th April 1997. British Geological Society, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK.
  6. Kitheka, J.U (2000): Critical sediment material fluxes in the mangrove fringed Mwache creek, Kenya.  LOICZ-IGBP AfriBASINS: 1st African Global Change Workshop (25-27th July 2000) on river catchment-coastal sea interaction and critical loads. Held at UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya.
  7. Kitheka, J.U (2000): Tana River basin and its interaction the Indian Ocean: a general synthesis of the system. LOICZ-IGBP AfriBASINS: The 1st African Global change, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya.
  8. Ongwenyi, G.S; Kitheka, J.U and Nyagaga, J.M (1993): Impact of hydrological and landuse processes on the quality of water in the Gucha catchment, Southwestern Kenya. In: Gladwell, J.S (ed): Hydrology of warm regions. Proceedings of the Yokohama symposium, July 1993, Publ. IASH (Wallingford); issue no. 216: 79-85.
  9. Ongwenyi, G.S; Denga, F.G.O; Abwao, P and Kitheka, J.U (1993): Impacts of floods and drought on the development of water resources of Kenya: case studies of Nyando and Tana catchments. In: Gladwell, J.S (ed): Hydrology of warm humid regions. Proceedings of the Yokohama Symposium, July 1993), publ. IASH-AISH (Wallingford), issue no. 216: 117-123.
  10. Kitheka, J.U (1993): Soil erosion and reservoir sedimentation: Case study of Nguu-Tatu Catchment. In: F.N Gichuki; D.N Mungai; C.K.K Gachene and D.B Thomas (editors): Land and Water management in Kenya: Towards sustainable landuse. The Proceedings of the fourth (4th) Land and Water Management Workshop, 15th - 19th February 1993, Kikuyu, Kenya. p55-60.
  11. Ongwenyi, G.S; Kitheka, J.U and Denga, F.O (1993): Erosion and sedimentation problems in the Arid and Semi-Arid lands of Kenya.  In: F.N Gichuki; D.N Mungai; C.K.K Gachene and D.B Thomas (editors): Land and Water management in Kenya: Towards sustainable land use. The Proceedings of the fourth (4th) Land and Water Management Workshop, 15th -19th February 1993, Kikuyu, Kenya. p61-63.
  12. Ongwenyi, G.S; J.U Kitheka and F. Denga (1993): The impact of climatic changes on land and water resources management in Kenya. . In: F.N Gichuki; D.N Mungai; C.K.K Gachene and D.B Thomas (editors): Land and Water management in Kenya: Towards sustainable land use. The Proceedings of the fourth (4th) Land and Water Management Workshop, 15th -19th February 1993, Kikuyu, Kenya. p219-222.
  13. Kitheka, J.U (1993): The rainfall-runoff relation and the potential for runoff harvesting in the Nguu-Tatu catchment. In: Bambrah, F.O., Otieno, F.O and Thomas D.B (Editors), "Participation in Rainwater collection for low income communities and sustainable development". The Proceedings of the sixth International Rainwater Harvesting Conference. p429-434.
  14. Kitheka J.U (1994): Rainwater and surface runoff harvesting potential and water supply development in Mombasa district, Kenya. In: The proceedings of the Tokyo International Rainwater Utilization Conference, Sumida City, Japan, August 1-6, 1994. p609-621.
  15. Kitheka, J.U (1995): The role of research institutions, Universities and Industry in the water resources sector in the Coastal Region of Kenya. In: Aketch N.O; Ngecu, W.M and Dindi, E.W (Editors), National Conference on "strengthening the relationship between the Universities and Industry" (sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service), Organized by Kenya DAAD Scholars Association, Nov. 28th-Dec. 1st. 1995, Nairobi, Kenya, p39-42.
  16. Kitheka, J.U (1998): The hydrological dynamics and fluvial interlinkages in the Mwache Estuary-Port-Reitz Creek system. In: M. Ngoile., J. Francis and M. Mtolera (1998): Advances in marine sciences in the Eastern Africa: Application of scientific knowledge in marine and coastal resources management. Proceedings of the First WIOMSA Scientific Symposium, WIOMSA-IOC Publication. p63-64.
  17. Mutua, F.M., Oyieke, H., Gatheru, S., Kitheka, J.U and F. Mwango (2002): The Water Resources sector. In UNDP/WMO/GOK/IGAD/DMCN (2002): Factoring of weather and climate information products into disaster management policy in Kenya-a contribution to strategies for disaster reduction in Kenya. Publication of the IGAD Drought Monitoring Centre-Nairobi, Kenya. p34-63.
  18. Kitheka, J.U (2002): Sediment transport and exchange in the Tana Estuary: implication for sustainable management of the Tana Delta ecosystem in Kenya. Paper presented in the 3rd Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium, 15 –19 October, 2003, Maputo, Mozambique.
  19. Kitheka, J.U (2005): Seasonal and interannual variability of the Sabaki Estuary sediment load and its impact in Malindi Bay, Kenya. Paper presented at the Fourth WIOMSA Scientific Symposium, 29th August-3rd September 2005, Grand Baie, Mauritius.
  20. Kitheka, J.U (2013): Municipal wastewater management in the Western Indian Ocean region. Paper presented in the 3rd Annual Effluent and Water Management Conference. 5-6 December 2013, Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
  21. Kitheka, J.U (1996): Water circulation and coastal trapping of brackish water in a tropical mangrove-dominated bay in Kenya. Oceanography and Limnology Journal, 41(1): 169-176.
  22. Kitheka J U; Ohowa, B.O; Mwashote, B.M; Shimbira, W.S and Mwaluma, J.M and Kazungu, J.M (1996): Water-circulation dynamics, water column nutrients and plankton productivity in a well-flushed tropical bay in Kenya. Journal of Sea Research, 35(4): 257-268.
  23. Kitheka, J.U (1996): The hydrologic dynamics and the flux of fluvial sediments in coastal marine waters of Port-Reitz Creek, Kenya. WINDOW Newsletter Dec. 1996. 7(3): 6-8.
  24. Kitheka, J.U (1996): Coastal tidally driven circulation and the role of water exchange in the linkage between tropical coastal ecosystems Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 45: 177-187.
  25. Kitheka, J.U (1998): Groundwater outflow and its linkage to coastal circulation in a mangrove-fringed creek in Kenya. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Journal, 47(1): 63-75.
  26. Wolanski, E; Mazda, Y; Furukawa, K; Ridd, P; Kitheka, J.U; Spagnol, S and Stieglitz, T (1998): Water-circulation in mangroves and its implications for Biodiversity. In: Wolanski, E (2001): Oceanographic processes of Coral Reefs: physical and biological links in the Great Barrier Reefs. CRC Press, New York. 356p.
  27. Kitheka, J.U; Ohowa, B.O; Mwashote, B.M and J. Kamau (1999): Water circulation, groundwater outflow and nutrient dynamics in Mida Creek, Kenya. Mangroves and Salt Marshes 3: 135-146.
  28. Kitheka, J.U (1999): Application of Integrated Coastal Management system in marine pollution prevention and management. WINDOW, March 1999, 10(2):.6-7.
  29. Kitheka, J.U., Ongwenyi, G.S and Mavuti, K.M (2002): Dynamics of suspended sediment exchange and transport in a degraded mangrove Creek in Kenya. AMBIO 31(7-8): 580-587.
  30. Kitheka, J.U and Mwashote, B.M. (2002). Estuarine Systems of Kenya: Gazi Bay Mangrove Creek. In Dupra, V., Smith, S. V., David, L. T., Waldron, H., Marshall Crossland, J. I. and Crossland, C. J. (eds.). Estuarine Systems of Africa (regional Workshop II): Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fluxes. LOICZ Reports & Studies No. 20, i+81 pages, LOICZ, Texel, The Netherlands. p.52-58.
  31. Kitheka, J.U (2002). Dry season sediment fluxes in the frontwater zone of the mangrove-fringed Mwache Creek, Kenya. In: Arthurton, R.S., H.H. Kremer, E. Odada, W. Salomons and J.I. Marshal Crossland (2002).  African Basins: LOICZ Global Change Assessment and Synthesis of River Catchment-Coastal Sea Interactions and Human Dimensions. LOICZ Reports and Studies No. 25:ii+344p, LOICZ, Texel, The Netherlands. p.194-202.
  32. Kitheka, J.U and G.S Ongwenyi (2002). The Tana River Basin and the opportunity for research on the land-ocean interaction in the Tana Delta. In: Arthurton, R.S., H.H. Kremer, E. Odada, W. Salomons and J.I. Marshal Crossland (2002).  African Basins: LOICZ Global Change Assessment and Synthesis of River Catchment-Coastal Sea Interactions and Human Dimensions. LOICZ Reports and Studies No. 25:ii+344p, LOICZ, Texel, The Netherlands. p.203-209.
  33. Kitheka, J.U., Ongwenyi, G.S and Mavuti, K.M (2003): Fluxes and exchange of suspended sediments in tidal inlets draining a degraded mangrove forest in Kenya. Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Science, 56: 655-667.
  34. Kitheka, J.U., M. Obiero and Nthenge, P (2005): River discharge, sediment transport and exchange in the Tana Estuary, Kenya. Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Science, 63:455-468.
  35. Arthurton, R, Korateng, W, Forbes, T, Snoussi, M, Kitheka, J. Robinson, J, Shah, N, Taljaard, S and P. Monteiro (2006):  Chapter 5: Coastal and marine environments, 155-195. In: UNEP (2006): Africa Environment Outlook 2-Our Environment, Our Wealth. ISBN: 92-807-26691-9, Nairobi, Kenya, 542p.
  36. Snoussi, M., Kitheka, J., Shaghude, Y., Kane, A., Arthurton, R., Le Tissier, M. and Virji, H. (2007): Downstream and Coastal Impacts of Damming and Water Abstraction in Africa. Environmental Management, 39 (5): 587-600.
  37. Kitheka, J.U (2009): Mid-Term Evaluation of the Mauritius Port Louis Waste Management Demonstration Project, UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project, Nairobi, Kenya, 70p
  38. Kitheka, J.U (2009): Mid-Term Evaluation of the Mauritius National Parks Conservation Service Soil Erosion Control using Native Vegetation  Demonstration Project, UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project, Nairobi, Kenya, 65p.
  39. Kitheka, J.U (2010): Mid-Term Evaluation of the Shimo la Tewa Wastewater Management using Constructed Wetland Demonstration Project, UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project, Nairobi, Kenya, 70p.
  40. Kitheka, J.U (2010): Mid-Term Evaluation of the Chake Chake, Pemba Wastewater Management using Constructed Wetland Demonstration Project, UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project, Nairobi, Kenya, 75p.
  41. Richmond, M; Rudy Van der Elste; Bernadine Everett, Fiona MacKay, Peter Scheren and Johnson Kitheka (Editors): UNEP/Nairobi Convention (2009): Transboundary  D iagnostic Analysis of land-based Sources and Activities affecting the Western Indian Ocean Coastal and Marine Environment, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, 378p.
  42. Rudy Van der Elste; Peter Scheren and Johnson Kitheka (Editors): UNEP/Nairobi Convention (2010): Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the protection of the Western Indian Ocean Coastal and Marine Environment, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, 150p.
  43. Diop S, Arthurton R, Scheren P, Kitheka J, Koranteng K, and Payet R (2011): The Coastal and Marine Environment of Western and Eastern Africa: Challenges to Sustainable Management and Socioeconomic Development. In: Wolanski E and McLusky DS (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science 11: 315–335. Waltham: Academic Press.
  44. Kitheka, J.U (2013): River sediment supply, sedimentation and transport of the highly turbid sediment plume in Malindi Bay, Kenya. Journal of Geographical Sciences. Science Press Springer-Verlag, 2393): 465-489.
  45. Chung, D.H., Kimatu, J.N., Nyariki K. O., Su K.J., Onura K.N and Kitheka, J.U (2013): Introducing efficient low cost smoked pots for water purification for developing countries. Hydrology Current Research Volume 4(2):152. Doi:10.4172/2157- 7587.1000152.
  46. Kitheka, J.U (2014): The hydrologic alteration of the Tana river and the impacts in the Lower Tana Basin. Uon-NEMA International Conference on the Tana River.25p.

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