The value of evidence about past abundance: Marine fauna of the Gulf of California through the eyes of 16th to 19th century travellers

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-146

  Sáenz Arroyo, Andrea ^a,b   Roberts, Callum M ^b   Torre, Jorge ^a   Cariño Olvera, Micheline ^c   Hawkins, Julie P ^b  

^a Comunidad Y Biodiversidad AC ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Extinction; Historical ecology; Over exploitation; Shifting baseline syndrome

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33646672634     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2006.00214.x     Document Type: Review

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