Strength in diversity: Fish sanctuaries and deep-water pools in Lao PDR

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Baird, Ian G ^a,b  

^a Global Association for People and the Environment (GAPE)   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capture fisheries; Conservation; Fish refuges; Fisheries co management; Marine protected areas; Mekong River

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 33645909539     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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