Human impact on precolonial West Coast marine environments of South Africa

Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 289-306

  Jerardino, Antonieta ^a   Branch, George M ^a   Navarro, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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