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On holism, reductionism and working from 9 to 5
Type: Journal Article
A discussion is presented on the 2 approaches - holism and reductionism - in the study of environmental sciences, making reference to various projects presently being conducted by ICLARM and its collaborators using the ...
Seagrasses: a resource unknown in the ASEAN region
Type: Brief
The coastal waters of Southeast Asian countries have some of the world's richest ecosystems characterized by extensive coral reefs and dense mangrove forests. The publication provides insights useful towards a better ...
Problems in estimating growth parameters of the wahoo Acanthocybium solandri (Scombridae) using the ELEFAN 1 program
Type: Journal Article
Plots of Rn, the goodness-of-fit index of teh ELEFAN I program versus K can be used jointly with fixed values of the other growth parameters to identify "optimum values" of K. This is here illustrated using data on wahoo ...
Maximo rendimiento sostenible de la pesqueria comercial en el Departamento de Loreto, Peru
Type: Journal Article
Catch and effort data from the river fisheries of the Peruvian part of Amazonia are presented, and used to fit a Schaefer-type surplus production model. This suggests that present effort is in excess of what is required ...
Artificial reefs for marine habitat enhancement in Southeast Asia
Type: Brief
This study highlights the potential role of artificial reefs in Coastal Resource Management in the ASEAN region. It discusses the considerations necessary to maximize the effectiveness of artificial reefs as a means for ...
An empirical comparison of seasonal growth models
Type: Journal Article
A model for describing the seasonally oscillating growth of fish is presented and compared with the commonly used model of D. Pauly and G. Gaschutz (PG). The new model produces results similar to those obtained from teh ...
Baguio Resolution on Coastal Resources Management
Type: Conference Proceedings
The publication presents the "Baguio Resolution on Managing ASEAN's Coastal Resources for Sustainable Development" which was agreed during an international conference held in the Philippines in March 1990 where policymakers ...
Measuring ICLARM's impact on research and researchers
Type: Journal Article
For a research organization such as ICLARM which carries out long-term basic research, justifying money spent can be a difficult exercise. This articles examines different ways by which impact of ICLARM research can be measured.
The coastal environmental profile of Lingayen Gulf, Philippines
Type: Report
The coastal environmental profile of Lingayen Gulf, Philippines answers the objectives of the six-year Association of Southeast Asian NationsIUnited States Coastal Resources Management Project (ASEANIUS CRMP) (Philippine ...
A note on the inverse function of the von Bertalanffy growth function
Type: Journal Article
Parameter estimates of the von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) and its inverse function, based on length-at-age and age-at-length data for Tilapia rendalli (Cichlidae) and Salmo trutta (Salmonidae) were derived using a ...