How is shrimp aquaculture transforming coastal livelihoods and lagoons in Estero Real, Nicaragua?: The need to integrate social-ecological research and ecosystem-based approaches

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-179

  Benessaiah, Karina ^a   Sengupta, Raja ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal livelihoods; Common property management; Ecosystem based management; Lagoon fisheries; Shrimp aquaculture; Social ecological

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; LAKES; PRIVATIZATION;

COASTAL LIVELIHOODS; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES; SHRIMP AQUACULTURE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

SHELLFISH;

RAIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FISHERY; FISHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INVESTMENT; LAGOON; LIVELIHOOD; MALE; MANGROVE; NATURAL DISASTER; NICARAGUA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION RELATED PHENOMENA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POND; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHRIMP; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; PENAEIDAE; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905583126     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0295-x     Document Type: Article

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