MEBIN- Title
- Human Disturbance on Tropical Rocky shore Assemblages and the Role of Marine ...
- Abstract
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are areas in the coastal zone of land or seas especially dedicated to protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and are currently receiving increasing attention as management tools for protecting marine populations from destructive human activities. The present study explores the impact of a marine protected area (MPA) in Sri Lanka on a gradient of anthropogenic disturbances on rocky shore communities by comparing the benthic communities of disturbed...
- Publication Date
- Sept. 6, 2017, 1:57 a.m.
- Keywords
- Nodilittorina granularis , Gracilaria cassa , Coastal and Marine Sensitive habitat , Nodilittorina pyramidalis , Chaetomorpha antennina , Padina boergesenii , Valoniopsis pachynema , Thais rudolphi , Asporagopsis sp. , Chnoospora minima , Centroceras clavulatum , Clypidina notata , Drupa margariticola , Acanthophora sp. , Nerita albicilla , Dictyosphaeria versluysii , Gigartina sp. , Gelidium pusillum , Marine and Coastal Protected areas , Littoraria scabra , Sargassum cristaefolium , Cellana radiata , Caulerpa racemosa , Hypnea pannosa
- Category
- Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
- flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
- Regions
- M 7
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Deepananda, K. H. M. A. & Macusi, E. DD., (2012). Human Disturbance on Tropical Rocky shore Assemblages and the Role of Marine Protected Areas in Reducing it...
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