Assessing fishing and marine biodiversity changes using fishers' perceptions: The Spanish Mediterranean and Gulf of Cadiz case study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Coll, Marta ^a,b   Carreras, Marta ^c   Ciércoles, Cristina ^d   Cornax, Maria José ^c   Gorelli, Giulia ^a   Morote, Elvira ^e   Sáez, Raquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c OCEANA   (Spain)

^d Investigación Planificación Y Desarrollo S A   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHER PERCEPTION; FISHING; JELLYFISH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

SEA WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAWATER; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896126576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085670     Document Type: Article

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