Effects of sediment discharge from Namibian diamond mines on intertidal and subtidal rocky-reef communities and the rock lobster Jasus lalandii

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 179-191

  Pulfrich, Andrea ^a,b   Branch, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Pisces Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diamond mining; Disturbance; Reefs; Rocky shore communities; Sediment disposal; Shoreline accretion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIAMOND; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LOBSTER; MACROALGA; MINING; REEF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEX RATIO; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAILINGS;

KARAS; LUDERITZ; NAMIBIA;

JASUS LALANDII;

EID: 84909987028     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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