Community livelihood and patterns of natural resources uses in the shrimp-farm impacted Mekong Delta

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1855-1866

  Joffre, Olivier Marc ^a   Schmitt, Klaus ^a  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal zone management; Mangrove; Shrimp farming; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CRAB; DELTA; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHRIMP CULTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; VILLAGE;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

BIVALVIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 78049525555     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02588.x     Document Type: Article

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