Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2623-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2623-2014
Research article
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16 May 2014
Research article |  | 16 May 2014

Mangroves in peril: unprecedented degradation rates of peri-urban mangroves in Kenya

J. O. Bosire, J. J. Kaino, A. O. Olagoke, L. M. Mwihaki, G. M. Ogendi, J. G. Kairo, U. Berger, and D. Macharia

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