Ecosystem change in a South African marine reserve (1960-2009): Role of seagrass loss and anthropogenic disturbance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 415, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-48

  Pillay, Deena ^a   Branch, George M ^a   Griffiths, Charles L ^a   Williams, Chantel ^a   Prinsloo, Alexa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GIS; Habitat loss; Invertebrates; South Africa; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GIS; HABITAT LOSS; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ASSIMINEA; ASTEROIDEA; AVES; CREEDIIDAE; FISSURELLA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PATELLIDAE; SIPHONARIA COMPRESSA; XENUS; ZOSTERA CAPENSIS;

EID: 77958065199     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08733     Document Type: Article

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