Fishers' resource mapping and goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara (Serranidae) conservation in Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-102

  Gerhardinger, Leopoldo Cavaleri ^a,b   Hostim Silva, Mauricio ^c   Medeiros, Rodrigo Pereira ^b   Matarezi, José ^b   Bertoncini, Áthila Andrade ^a,d   Freitas, Matheus Oliveira ^e   Ferreira, Beatrice Padovani ^f  

^a ECOMAR   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^f Programa de Pós Graduação em Sistemas Aquáticos Tropicais ^*

Author keywords

Babitonga Bay; Ethnoecology; Sketch maps; Spawning aggregation; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 65449161817     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252009000100012     Document Type: Article

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