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Towards Conservation of Coastal Wetlands: An Assessment of The Ecological Health Status of A Neglected Lagoon In Ghana

2021-07-23

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Coastal wetlands are important ecosystems that support biological communities and human populations. Anthropogenic activities have over the years affected these coastal wetlands globally leading to a loss of about 50% of these areas. There have therefore been calls to conserve these wetlands in order to sustain future generations. However, data to support conservation efforts on most of...

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Literature Corpus work: 25359ecb-d630-5403-a628-b35f410bbe55
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-699855/v1

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