Tides, tidal currents and their effects on the intertidal ecosystem of the southern bay, Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 428, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-196

  De Boer, Willem F ^a,b   Rydberg, Lars ^c   Saide, Victor ^a  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Current; Ebb; Flood; Flow; Mangrove; Sediment; Tide

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CURRENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIDE;

(SOUTH); INHACA ISLAND; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 0034659185     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004030605474     Document Type: Article

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