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A port that could threaten marine life in England's Fal Estuary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Mark Deeble  and
Victoria Stone
Mark Deeble
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales.
Victoria Stone
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales. Trescobeas Manor, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4JB, UK.
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Abstract

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The Fal Estuary, with its eelgrass meadows, its reef of red calcareous seaweeds and its mix of southern and northern species of marine life, contains a Voluntary Marine Reserve. As its name implies, such designation does not give it any legal protection. It is listed in The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book as a threatened community and is in immediate danger from a proposal to build a container port on the opposite shore.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 74 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1985

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