The Tale of a Disappearing Lagoon: A Habitat Mapping and Ecological Assessment of Fosu Lagoon, Ghana

Table 1

Summary of Historic data from the field interview.

Extent of the mangrove vegetation and standing water	Invasion of weeds
Ten respondents narrated that the standing water was one big brackish water and was not divided into two as it is now	All ten respondents described that during the 1970s to the 1990s, there was no presence of weeds in the catchment of the lagoon
Six respondents shared a similar narration that the mangrove vegetation around the lagoon was tick and was about 25 to 35 ft wide	Six respondents reported that the standing water stretched to about 20 ft at the upper part of the lagoon (which is currently being occupied by weeds)
Seven respondents described that the mechanic workshop land use was covered with shrub vegetation during the 1970s
Ten respondents narrated that shrub vegetation was very dominant species aside the mangrove