Comparing recent and abandoned shell middens to detect the impact of human exploitation on the intertidal ecosystem

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Entidade Publicadora
Aquatic Ecology

Província
- Maputo

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Descrição/Abstract
Abandoned and recent shell middens were compared from Inhaca island, Mozambique, to investigate the impact of human exploitation. The growing human population was expected to increase the exploitation pressure, decrease the mean shell size, and increase the species diversity.Moreover, exploitation-vulnerable species were expected to disappear from recent middens. 29252 shells were collected from 6 recent and 8 abandoned middens, comprising 78 species, the majority bivalves. Pinctada nigra was the most abundant. The mean shell size was significantly smaller in recent middens, and the conspicuous, surface-dwelling gastropod Terebralia palustris showed the largest size reduction. Size reduction was related with the life history of the species.

Idioma do Documento
- Inglês

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- Nenhuma restrição

Tipo de Biodiversidade
- Biodiversidade Marinha

Tipo de Informação
- Artigo com revisão pelos pares e teses universitárias

Tema
- Uso Sustentável da Biodiversidade;
- Ameaças à Biodiversidade

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- Nenhuma / Não aplicável

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