Comparison of Modern and Historical Fish Catches (AD 750-1400) to Inform Goals for Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 945-955

  Mcclanahan, Timothy R ^a   Omukoto, Johnstone O ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

frica; Africa; Cascadas tr ficas; Ecolog a hist rica; Encierros para pesquer as; Fish bones; Fisheries closures; Historical ecology; Huesos de pez; Indian Ocean; No take reserves; Oc ano ndico; Reservas sin captura; Trophic cascades; Zooarchaeology; Zooarqueolog a

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GENERATION TIME; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HERBIVORE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; OMNIVORY; PISCIVORE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; KENYA; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; KENYA; LONGEVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

KENYA; SWAHILI COAST;

PISCES;

EID: 80052576641     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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