Sea-level rise and coastal biodiversity in West Africa: A case study from Ghana

Climate Change and Africa

Volumn 9780521836340, Issue , 2005, Pages 204-217

  Armah, Ayaa Kojo ^a   Wiafe, George ^a   Kpelle, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Department of Wildlife ^*  (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL; SHELLFISH;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA RACEMOSA; SEA LEVEL RISE;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 78649516256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535864.029     Document Type: Chapter

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