TY - JOUR A2 - Rubenstein, Daniel I. AU - Essel, Bernard AU - Gyesi, Justice Kwame AU - Addo, Richmond Kofi AU - Galley, Wisdom AU - mccarthy, Gideon PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/04 TI - The Tale of a正在消失的潟湖:A Habitat Mapping and Ecological Assessment of Fosu Lagoon, Ghana SP - 6931329 VL - 2019 AB -加纳沿海地区主要从事海洋和泻湖渔业。与加纳的许多泻湖一样，福苏泻湖是周边社区的主要生计来源。然而，泻湖及其相关的沼泽植被正受到人为干扰的严重威胁。因此，这个泻湖被认为是加纳污染最严重的泻湖之一。此外，研究表明，一个主要的保护挑战是泻湖相关的植被缺乏库存。因此，这项研究是为了绘制和评估泻湖的栖息地，并确定泻湖面临的威胁。为了实现研究目标，利用遥感和GIS技术有效地绘制了泻湖和流域的地图。结果表明，佛苏泻湖的特征是泻湖规模和植被覆盖大幅度减少。因此，从1970年到2017年，由于物理发展和杂草，死水减少了50.2英亩。 Also, it was evident in the result that the lagoon’s vegetation is now fragmented into six various vegetation types and the weeds in the lagoon make approximately one-third of the lagoon’s vegetation cover. Also, adding to the threat of the lagoon were high levels of plastic waste and metal pollution. Hence, if current trend continues, the possibility of further degradation is very high. The main impact of this research was to provide evidence to the gradual disappearance of the Fosu lagoon. SN - 1687-9708 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6931329 DO - 10.1155/2019/6931329 JF - International Journal of Ecology PB - Hindawi KW - ER -