Reconstructing the history of human impacts on coastal biodiversity in Chile: Constraints and opportunities

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-82

  Rivadeneira, Marcelo M ^a,b   Santoro, Calogero M ^c,d   Marquet, Pablo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^d Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto   (Chile)

Author keywords

Marine conservation; Marine molluscs; Overfishing; Prehistoric harvesting; Quaternary fossil record; Shell middens

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOSSIL RECORD; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIDDEN; OVERFISHING; PREHISTORIC; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

CHILE;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 73249120599     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1051     Document Type: Article

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