Biological and ecological mechanisms supporting marine self-governance: The Seri Callo de Hacha Fishery in Mexico

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Basurto, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Comunidad y Biodiversidad AC ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atrina tuberculosa; Callo de hacha; Common pool resources; Driving fisheries; Gulf of California; Mexico; Pen shells; Pinna rugosa; Resilience; Scallop; Seri; Small scale fisheries; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DECISION MAKING; FISHING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARINE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ATRINA; PINNA RUGOSA; SERI;

EID: 58749109614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02587-130220     Document Type: Article

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