Repeat photography as a tool for detecting and monitoring historical changes in South African coastal habitats

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 387-398

  Reimers, B ^a   Griffiths, C L ^a   Hoffman, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

alien species; Balanus glandula; Ecklonia maxima; Mytilus galloprovincialis; range change; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MUSSEL CULTURE; ROCKY SHORE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZONATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BALANUS GLANDULA; ECKLONIA MAXIMA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA PERNA; THORACICA;

EID: 84925960538     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2014.954618     Document Type: Article

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