Les effets de la réouverture de l'embouchure du fleuve Comoé sur le végétation littorale lagunaire (Lagune Ebrié - Côte d'Ivoire) | Effects of the reopening of the Comoe river inlet on the littoral lagoon vegetation (Ebrié lagoon - Côte d'Ivoire)
1991
Sankaré, Y. | Amon Kothias, J.B. | Konan, A.A. | Centre de Recherches Océanologiques, Abidjan
The results of floristic data collected during two surveys in the eastern region of Ebrié lagoon in 1987 (before the reopening of the inlet) and in 1988 (after the reopening of the inlet) are discussed in this article. Salinity increase (from 4‰ to 30‰) as a result of the reopening in September 1987 of the channel of Comoé river, profoundly modified qualitatively and quantitatively, the plant population. Floating or fixed macrophytes have been completely destroyed. Mangrove forest being the hydrophytic belt of the lagunar rives.
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