The Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science (WIOJMS) provides an avenue for the wide dissemination of high quality research generated in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. This journal issue covers an interesting array of articles such as: The Fringing Reef Coasts of Eastern Africa—Present Processes in Their Long-term Context, Water Quality in the Integrated Mariculture Pond Systems (IMPS) at Makoba Bay, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Levels of Cadmium and Lead in Water, Sediments and Selected Fish Species in Mombasa, Kenya,Cyanobacteria Composition and Impact of Seasonality on their In Situ Nitrogen Fixation Rate in a Mangrove Ecosystem Adjacent to Zanzibar Town, Copepod composition, abundance and diversity in Makupa Creek, Mombasa, Kenya and many more articles