Fishers' knowledge of marine species assemblages: Bridging between scientific and local ecological knowledge in Southeastern Puerto Rico

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 529-536

  Garcíe Quijano, Carlos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Ethnoecology; Local ecological knowledge; Methods; Tropical fisheries

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548204454     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.3.529     Document Type: Article

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