Linking Social and Ecological Systems to Sustain Coral Reef Fisheries

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-212

  Cinner, Joshua E ^a   McClanahan, Timothy R ^b   Daw, Tim M ^c   Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   Maina, Joseph ^b   Wilson, Shaun K ^a   Hughes, Terence P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 59349109034     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.055     Document Type: Article

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