Factors affecting macrobenthic fauna in a tropical hypersaline coastal lagoon in Ghana, West Africa

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1006-1019

  Lamptey, Emmanuel ^a   Armah, Ayaa Kojo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Hypersaline coastal lagoon; Keta lagoon; Macrobenthic fauna; Multivariate analyses; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURBIDITY; WET SEASON;

AFRICA; GHANA; KETA LAGOON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA; WEST AFRICA;

BIVALVIA; CAPITELLIDA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 52949154304     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9079-y     Document Type: Article

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