Using traditional ecological knowledge to improve holistic fisheries management: Transdisciplinary modeling of a lagoon ecosystem of Southern Mexico

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Espinoza Tenorio, Alejandro ^a,b   Wolff, Matthias ^a   Espejel, Ileana ^b   Montaño Moctezuma, Gabriela ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consensus building process; Ecosystem level management alternatives; Fishing seascape; Loop analysis; Pressurestate response framework; Traditional ecological knowledge; Transdisciplinary modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84877353087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05369-180206     Document Type: Article

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