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Pollution or Protection - What Early Survey Data Shows on Rapid Waterbird Utilisation of a Newly Established Sewage Treatment Plant in Urban Ghana, West Africa

2024-12-01

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Rapid urbanisation increasingly isolates and exerts pressure on natural wetlands, particularly in the fast-growing developing countries of the tropics, including those of West Africa. Constructed wetlands such as sewage treatment plants, may unintendedly offer wildlife protection due to prohibitive access control and limited use, thereby attracting wary and specialised waterbirds in otherwise heavily disturbed for...

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DOI: 10.1007/s13157-021-01510-w

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