NDLI: Hypersaline lagoons as conservation habitats: macro-invertebrates at Muni Lagoon, Ghana

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Author	Gordon, Chris
Copyright Year	2000
Abstract	A survey on the aquatic ecology of Muni Lagoon was carried out during the period December 1993 to July 1994. Samples of zooplankton, aufwuchs and benthos were taken from a number of stations, representative of the different habitat types that occurred in the lagoon. The aquatic invertebrate fauna of the lagoon is listed and the temporal and spatial distribution of the fauna is described. The fauna is depauperate and biodiversity was related closely to the hydrology and salinity of the lagoon waters. During the early part of the study period, with dry weather conditions, there was very little macro-invertebrate life within the waters of the lagoon. The invertebrate fauna was confined to crabs, which occupied the fringing vegetation in the southernmost portions of the lagoon. With the onset of rains and the flooding of the lagoon, the sand bar separating the lagoon from the sea was opened turning the lagoon into a tidal system. This event brought a radical change to the fauna of the lagoon with very diverse marine zooplankton in some stations. Within weeks, worms and juvenile crabs were found several kilometres inland from the sea opening, an indication of the rapid re-colonisation of a previously hypersaline environment. The anthropogenic threats to the aquatic portion of this Ramsar site have been assessed and prioritised.
Starting Page	465
Ending Page	478
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09603115
Journal	Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15729710
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2000-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Evolutionary Biology Tree Biology Plant Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation

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