The role of diversification in dynamic small-scale fisheries: Lessons from Baja California Sur, Mexico

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-152

  Finkbeiner, Elena M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Diversification; Resilience; Response diversity; Small scale fisheries; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATCH COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBALIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OVERFISHING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STABILIZATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84929170474     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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