Finfish disappearances around Bohol, Philippines inferred from traditional ecological knowledge

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-244

  Lavides, Margarita N ^a,b   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^a   Stead, Selina M ^a   Tabaranza, Don Geoff ^b   Comeros, Mia Theresa ^c   Dongallo, Jesus Ray ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Haribon Foundation Quezon City   (Philippines)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fisheries; Life history; Local extinctions; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZES; CONSERVATION ACTIONS; CORAL REEF; FISH CATCH; GENERALIZED LEAST SQUARE; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING METHODS; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITIZATION; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOSYSTEMS; MEATS;

FISHERIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; CATCH COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BOHOL [(ISL) VISAYAS]; PHILIPPINES; VISAYAS;

ALECTIS CILIARIS; ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELINAE; PROMICROPS LANCEOLATUS;

EID: 77951129490     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892909990385     Document Type: Article

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