Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 10456-10459

  Aburto Oropeza, Octavio ^a,b   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^c   Danemann, Gustavo ^d   Valdez, Víctor ^d   Murray, Jason ^e   Sala, Enric ^a,f  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^d Pronatura Noroeste AC   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discounted values; Economic benefits; Ecosystem services; Rhizophora fringe forest; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; FISHING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; GULF STREAM; MANGROVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 48749100008     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804601105     Document Type: Article

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