Seagrass - Sea urchin interaction in shallow littoral zones of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages

  Mamboya, Florence ^a   Lugomela, Charles ^b   Mvungi, Esther ^b,c   Hamisi, Mariam ^b,c   Kamukuru, Albogast T ^b   Lyimo, Thomas J ^b  

^a DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Sea urchin abundance; Seagrass biomass; Shoot density; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ECHINODERM; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; SHALLOW WATER; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; SHOOT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; MBUDYA ISLAND; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA MATHAEI; TRIPNEUSTES GRATILLA;

EID: 68849109989     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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