A review of the threat of oil exploitation to mangrove ecosystem: Insights from Niger Delta, Nigeria
Mangroves supply various goods and provide invaluable ecological services to humanity. They serve as habitat to different species of fishes, provide a variety of plant products, improve water quality, provide fish and shellfish for local communities, ensure coastal stabilization, provide food chain...
Main Authors: | Amarachi Paschaline Onyena, Kabari Sam |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-06-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419306729 |
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