Assessing the effect of marine reserves on household food security in Kenyan coral reef fishing communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Darling, Emily S ^a,b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Conservition Society   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEF; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; KENYA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RESERVE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTHOZOA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912544195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113614     Document Type: Article

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