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Publications

Davies-Vollum, K.S, Puttick, S. and members of the Resilient Lagoon Network, A stakeholder-informed framework for the sustainable management of lagoons in West Africa. Anthropocene Coasts. DOI. 10.1007/s44218-025-00093-x 

Backler, S., Davies-Vollum, K.S., and Raha, D. (2025). An evaluation of coastal resilience in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis. Marine Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106648

Raha, D., Davies-Vollum, K.S. and co-authors, 2024, We need collaboration and co-creation to address challenges facing coastal communities.  Nature-Human Behaviour. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01875-y

Davies-Vollum, K.S., Puttick, S. and co-authors from the Resilient Lagoon Network, 2022, Resilient lagoons: climate change, sustainability and adaptation, Journal of Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167487.2022.2114166

Onabule O., Mitchell S., Couceiro F. and Williams J.B., 2022. The impact of creek formation and land drainage runoff on sediment cycling in estuarine systems. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107698

Davies-Vollum K.S., Raha D., Koomson D., 2021, Climate Change Impact and Adaptation: Lagoonal Fishing Communities in West Africa. In: Leal Filho W., Ogugu N., Adelake L., Ayal D., da Silva I. (eds) African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42091-8_221-1 

Koomson, D., Davies-Vollum. K.S. and Raha, 2020, Characterising the Vulnerability of Fishing Households to Climate and Environmental Change: Insights from Ghana, Marine Policy 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104142 

Davies-Vollum, K.S., Zhang, Z. and Angyekhumene, A, 2018, Impacts of anthropogenic lagoon opening on shoreline change: case study from Muni-Pomadze lagoon, Ghana. Journal of Coastal Conservation and Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11852-018-0658-1 

Davies-Vollum, K.S. and West, M., 2015, Shoreline change and sea level rise at the Muni-Pomadze coastal wetlands (Ramsar site), Ghana, Journal of Coastal Conservation and Management: 19 (4): 515-525.  

Doherty,V.F., Ogunkuade O.O. and Kanife, U.C. (2010) Biomarkers of Oxidative stress and Heavy metal levels as indicators of environmental pollution in some selected fishes in Lagos. American-Eurasian J. Agric.& Environ.Sci.,7(3):359-365

Nkwoji, J. A., Doherty, V. F., Renner, K..O, Igbo, J. K. and Ajani, G.E. (2014). Spatiotemporal Variations in Hepatosomatic Index and Antioxidant enzyme Activity in Brackish Water Fish Species in the Lagos Coastal Zone. Journal of Environment and Human. Vol 1 No 1. 1-6pp.

Doherty, V.F. and Otitoloju, A.A. (2016). Occurrence and distribution of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) and the impact on macrobenthic community structure in Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.(Springer) 188 (10):1-17 

Doherty, V.F., Adeola, A., Aneyo, I, Otitoloju, A.A. (2019). Histopathological Biomarkers of exposure to Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Clarias gariepinus (African Catfish). Journal of Science and Technology.  Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Publisher’s Office. Vol.11.No.134–44.

Doherty, V.F., Aneyo, I., Adeola, A. and Owolabi, O. (2019). Comparative Toxicological Effects of the Herbicide, Atrazine, on Fingerlings and Juveniles of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). Asian Fisheries Science 32:48–55. https://doi.org/10.33997/j.afs.2019.32.2.001. 

Pagett, R., Boateng, I., Appeaning-Addo, K.  Jayson-Quashigah, P.N. & Adu-Boahen, K. (2021). Good Practice for Resilience Planning to Address Water Governance Challenges in Africa. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG): Copenhagen. ISBN 978-87-92853-34-9. Retrieved from: https://www.fig.net/resources/publications/figpub/pub77/Figpub77.pdf

Steven, A., Addo, K. A., Llewellyn, G., Ca, V. T., Boateng, I., Bustamante, R. & Kairo, J. (2020). Coastal Development: Resilience, Restoration and Infrastructure Requirements. World Resources Institute. Washington, DC:  Retrieved from: https://www.oceanpanel.org/blue-papers/coastal-development-resilience-restoration-and-infrastructure-requirements

Boateng, I., Mitchell, S., Couceiro, F. & Failler, P. (2020). An Investigation into the Impacts of Climate Change on Anthropogenic Polluted Coastal Lagoons in Ghana, Coastal Management, 48:6, 601-622, DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2020.1803565

Mitchell, S. Boateng, I. Couceiro, F. (2017). Influence of flushing and other characteristics of coastal lagoons using data from Ghana. Ocean & Coastal Management, Vol. 143, DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.10.002

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