Effects of seagrass bed removal for tourism purposes in a Mauritian bay

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-324

  Daby, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Coastal degradation; Ecological dysfunction; Human welfare; Management; Tourism

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

SEAGRASS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEAGRASS; TOURISM;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DRY WEIGHT; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MAURITIUS; NONHUMAN; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SWIMMING; TOURISM; WATER QUALITY;

MAURITIUS;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 0038798517     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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