Do traditional fishers recognise reef fish species declines? Shifting environmental baselines in Eastern Brazil

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-67

  Bender, M G ^a   Floeter, S R ^a   Hanazaki, N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Environmental changes; Local ecological knowledge (LEK); Marine protected areas; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MARINE PARK;

BRAZIL;

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELUS MORIO; MYCTEROPERCA BONACI; OCYURUS CHRYSURUS;

EID: 84872554669     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fme.12006     Document Type: Article

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