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Some aspect of population dynamics of three penaeid shrimp (P.monodon, P.semisulcatus and M.monoceros) from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleIn the Bay of Bengal of Bangladesh area the values of asymptotic length (La) for tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) and brown shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros) were found to be 30.0 cm, ... -
Some simple methods for the assessment of tropical fish stocks
(1983)Type: ReportThis selection of methods is based on lecture notes used at a FAO/DANIDA training course held in Mombasa, Kenya, in May-June 1980. The methods presented are: regression and correlation, estimation of growth parameters from ... -
Spatial Data Quality Control for the Coral Triangle Atlas
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe Coral Triangle is a global priority for conservation and since the creation of the Coral Triangle Initiative in 2007 it has been a major focus for a multi-lateral conservation partnership uniting the regions six ... -
Spatial patterns of epilithic algal and detrital resources on a windward coral reef
(2001)Type: Journal ArticleAlgae and detritus co-occur on reef substrata, but their relative importance to consumers, in terms of biomass and nutrient content, is poorly understood. Epilithic algae, sediment and detritus were sampled among four ... -
Spatial patterns of rural poverty and their relationships with welfare-influencing factors in Bangladesh
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleThis study determines the spatial variation of rural poverty in Bangladesh and its relation to people's livelihood assets affecting their ability to procure food. We estimated household income for over 1 million census ... -
Spatio-temporal and size-dependent variation in the success of releasing cultured sea cucumbers in the wild
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleLarge-scale releases of cultured “sandfish,” Holothuria scabra, were used to examine size- and density-dependent effects on survival among sites. Juveniles were marked by fluorochromes in 3 size classes and released into ... -
Spreading the news
(2002)Type: Book ChapterThe best word to describe Nazmy Abdel Rahman Shafi is 'dynamic'. At 73 he runs, with his partner Mohammed Gouda, a successful fish farm in the Fayoum province of Egypt. Not only were these men the first to begin farming ... -
Stakeholder consultation for Baysian Decision Support systems in environmental management
(2004)Type: Conference ProceedingsEnvironmental management is a field where the number of variables, their interactions and feed-back loops require tools to integrate information, build scenarios and support decision-making. Among the various kinds of ... -
Status of coral reefs, coral reef monitoring and management in Southeast Asia 2004
(2005)Type: Book ChapterThis 2004 assessment of coral reefs in Southeast Asia (SEA) continues to show an overall decline in reef condition, but it does offer a glimmer of hope for the future. While the decline is regional, it is not re ected in ... -
Stock assessment of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) based on data from a sport fishery
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleAn assessment is made of the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares ) stock, using data from a sport fishery in the Pemba Channel off the Kenya-Tanzania border in conjunction with commercial catch figures for ... -
Stock assessment of the anchovy Cetengraulis mysticetus (Pisces: Engraulidae) in the inner part of the Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA study of the population dynamics of the anchovy Cetengraulis mysticetus is presented, based on two sets of length-frequency dates from the artisanal fishery of the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, between 1989/90 and 1992/93. ... -
Strategic planning for long-term financing of Pacific leatherback conservation and recovery
(2008)Type: Conference Proceedings45 experts on sea turtles, fisheries, conservation and finance from 10 countries convened at the Bellagio Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative workshop in Terengganu, Malaysia, to focus on methods to save the imperiled Pacific ... -
Strategies for the sustainability of online open-access biodiversity databases
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleScientists should ensure that high quality research information is readily available on the Internet so society is not dependant on less authoritative sources. Many scientific projects and initiatives publish information ... -
Stream degradation, fish abundance and the potential viability of ornamental fisheries in south-western Cameroon
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleFifteen sites on nine second- and third-order streams in the Mount Cameroon area, with varying degrees of human disturbance, were sampled during wet and dry seasons over 21 months in 2003–2005 to estimate their potential ... -
Strengthening capacities for research in development in aquatic agricultural systems
(2015)Type: Working PaperThe research-in-development (RinD) approach to agricultural research focuses on working closely with communities through multistakeholder engagement to strengthen capacities to design, plan, implement and adapt research ... -
Strengthening governance across scales in aquatic agricultural systems
(2012)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems in developing countries face increasing competition from multiple stakeholders operating from local to national and regional scales over rights to access and use natural resources—land, water, ... -
Strengthening impact evaluation in natural resource management
(2012)Type: ReportThe workshop on Strengthening Evaluation in Natural Resource Management Research is part of an ACIAR-funded Small Research and Development Activity (SRA) on Assessing the Impacts of Natural Resource Management and Policy ... -
Structuring dynamic models of exploited ecosystems from trophic mass-balance assessment
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe linear equations that describe trophic fluxes in mass-balance, equilibrium assessments of ecosystems (such as in the ECOPATH approach) can be re-expressed as differential equations defining trophic interactions as ... -
Study of the influence of built structures on the fisheries of the Tonle Sap: product documents and results
(2007)Type: ReportThe fishery resources of Cambodia, originating mainly from the Tonle Sap Lake, rank first in the world for their productivity and fourth for their total catch despite the small size of the country. The floodplains contribution ... -
Study on the species assemblages of tropical continental shelves, based on the trawl data collected by the "R.V. Dr. F. Nansen", 1975-1988
(1988)Type: Journal ArticleA brief account is given of a study of the species assemblages of the Western Indian Ocean, based on the trawl data collected during surveys conducted on the continental shelves in the region. The major objective is to ...
