Trends in the use of a small coastal lagoon by waterbirds: Muni Lagoon (Ghana)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 527-539

  Ntiamoa Baidu, Yaa ^a,b,c   Nyame, Samuel K ^b   Nuoh, Ali A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Ghana Wildlife Society   (Ghana)

^c World Wildlife Fund Schweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ghana coastal wetland; Seasonal trends; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

GHANA;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CALIDRIS FERRUGINEA; CHARADRIUS; CHLIDONIAS NIGER; HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS; LARIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; STERNA ALBIFRONS; STERNA HIRUNDO; STERNA MAXIMA; STERNA SANDVICENSIS;

EID: 0034110813     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008959915039     Document Type: Article

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