Pre-Columbian impact on terrestrial, intertidal, and marine resources, San Salvador, Bahamas (A.D. 950-1500)

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-183

  Blick, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Biodiversity; Fishing down the marine food web; Island ecosystems; Lucayan; Overfishing; Resource exploitation; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIODIVERSITY; EXPLOITATION; FOOD WEB; MARINE RESOURCE; OVERFISHING; PREHISTORIC; RESOURCE USE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SAN SALVADOR [BAHAMAS];

CITTARIUM PICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA; SERRANIDAE; SPARISOMA VIRIDE; TROCHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548834441     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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