Conservation and resource management in small tropical islands: Trade-offs between planning unit size, data redundancy and data loss

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-43

  Van Wynsberge, Simon ^a,b   Andréfouët, Serge ^b   Gaertner Mazouni, Nabila ^a   Remoissenet, Georges ^c  

^a University of French Polynesia   (French Polynesia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NONE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

French Polynesia; Giant clams; Mass mortality; Pacific islands; Planning units; Spatial modeling; Tridacna maxima

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FISHERIES; MOLLUSCS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REDUNDANCY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHELLFISH;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; GIANT CLAMS; MASS MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PLANNING UNITS; SPATIAL MODELING; TRIDACNA;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ATOLL; CLAM FISHERY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; FISHING EFFORT; MASS MORTALITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADE-OFF;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

BIVALVIA; TRIDACNA MAXIMA;

EID: 84957035489     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.06.031     Document Type: Article

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