Magnitude and inferred impacts of the seahorse trade in Latin America

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-319

  Baum, Julia K ^a,b   Vincent, Amanda C J ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquarium trade; Bycatch; CITES; Conservation; Non food fisheries; Syngnathids; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEDICINE;

AQUARIUM TRADE; BYCATCH; CITES; NON-FOOD FISHERIES; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

FISHERIES;

EXPORT; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDICINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; ECUADOR; FAUNA; FLORA; INDUSTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PERU; SEAHORSE; SHRIMP; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; ECUADOR; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 33646890860     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892905002481     Document Type: Article

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