Changes in an East African social-ecological seagrass system: Invertebrate harvesting affecting species composition and local livelihood

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-416

  Nordlund, Lina ^a,b   Erlandsson, Johan ^b   De La Torre Castro, Maricela ^c   Jiddawi, Narriman ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; East Africa; Human exploitation; Local livelihood; Marine protected area; Seagrass beds; Shellfish; Social ecological systems; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; MEADOW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOMASS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEAGRASS; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79551716529     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2011006     Document Type: Article

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