Fisheries of two tropical lagoons in Ghana, West Africa

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 379-386

  Dankwa, Hederick R ^a   Shenker, J M ^b   Lin, J ^b   Ofori Danson, P K ^a   Ntiamoa Baidu, Y ^c  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Economic; Fish communities; Fisheries; Tropical lagoons

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL LAGOON; FISHERY; FISHERY PRODUCTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; KETA LAGOON; SONGOR LAGOON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

NEOSCOPELUS MACROLEPIDOTUS; PISCES; SAROTHERODON; SAROTHERODON MELANOTHERON; TILAPIA; TILAPIA GUINEENSIS;

EID: 9744261061     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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