Mobility, expansion and management of a multi-species scuba diving fishery in east Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Eriksson, Hampus ^a,b   de la Torre Castro, Maricela ^a   Olsson, Per ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GEOGRAPHY; INTERVIEW; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEA CUCUMBER; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIVING; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA CUCUMBERS; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 84859824463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035504     Document Type: Article

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