Recovery assessment of a refined-oil impacted and fire ravaged mangrove ecosystem

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 353-362

  Otitoloju, Adebayo A ^a   Are, Taofeek ^a   Junaid, Kolade A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Ministry of Environment Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atlas cove; Fire; Macrobenthos; Mangrove; Petroleum products; Recovery assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PETROLEUM REFINING;

FIRE OUTBREAK; FIRE RAVAGED MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; PETROL SPILLAGE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIVERSITY INDEX; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; NIGERIA; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPILLAGE; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FIRES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NIGERIA; PETROLEUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CALLINECTES AMNICOLA; CLIBANARIUS;

EID: 33847666890     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9285-7     Document Type: Article

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