The effects of shore-based diamond-diving on intertidal and subtidal biological communities and rock lobsters in southern Namibia

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-255

  Pulfrich, Andrea ^a,b   Parkins, Colleen A ^b   Branch, George M ^b  

^a Pisces Envtl Services (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diamond mining; Disturbance; Rock lobsters; Rocky shore communities; Shore based contractor divers; Spiny lobsters

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LOBSTER; MINING; ROCKY SHORE;

NAMIBIA;

ALGAE; JASUS; JASUS LALANDII; LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE;

EID: 0037572346     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.542     Document Type: Article

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