Long-term changes in seagrass and benthos at Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, the premier intertidal system along the East Atlantic Flyway

The benthic communities of soft-sediment intertidal ecosystems trophically underpin the migration of birds and fish. Within the East Atlantic Flyway, along the coast of West-Africa, the intertidal mudflats of Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, host over 2 million migratory waterbirds. Despite the protected...

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Main Authors: El-Hacen M. El-Hacen, Mohamed A. Sidi Cheikh, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Theunis Piersma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420309057