Using local ecological knowledge to identify shark river habitats in Fiji (South Pacific)

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-97

  Rasalato, Eroni ^a   Maginnity, Victor ^b   Brunnschweiler, Juerg M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b TOI OHOMAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ancestral myths; bull shark; Carcharhinus leucas; community based coastal resource management; local ecological knowledge; nursery ground; shark god; Shark Reef Marine Reserve; traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRAL MYTHS; BULL SHARK; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; COASTAL RESOURCES; LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; NURSERY GROUNDS; SHARK GOD; SHARK REEF MARINE RESERVE; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REEFS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

RIVERS;

ANCESTRY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARINE PARK; NURSERY GROUND; PROTEIN; RIVER SYSTEM; SHARK; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

FIJI; VANUA LEVU; VITI LEVU;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 77957376772     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000317     Document Type: Article

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