Fishermen's knowledge as background information in tropical fish ecology: A quantitative comparison with fish sampling results

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-449

  Poizat, Gilles ^a   Baran, Eric ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Artisanal fishery; Assemblage; Longitudinal and seasonal variations; Method; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTURAINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHERMEN; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SURVEY DESIGN;

GUINEA, FATALE ESTUARY;

ICHTHYOFAUNA; LARIDAE;

EID: 0030699509     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007317423165     Document Type: Article

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