Effects of urban wastewater on crab and mollusc assemblages in equatorial and subtropical mangroves of East Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-317

  Cannicci, Stefano ^a   Bartolini, Fabrizio ^a   Dahdouh Guebas, Farid ^b,c   Fratini, Sara ^a   Litulo, Carlos ^d   Macia, Adriano ^d   Mrabu, Elisha J ^e   Penha Lopes, Gil ^f   Paula, José ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d Depto de Ciencias Biologicas   (Mozambique)

^e KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f Centra de Oceanografia   (Portugal)

Author keywords

East Africa; Mangrove macrobenthos; Potamididae; Sesarmidae; sewage pollution; Uca spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GASTROPOD; LEAF LITTER; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; MICROALGA; MOLLUSC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SHELLFISH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NEOSARMATIUM MEINERTI; OCYPODIDAE; PERISESARMA GUTTATUM; POTAMIDIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SESARMIDAE; TEREBRALIA PALUSTRIS; UCA;

EID: 68949175619     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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