Miscellaneous themes: Recent submissions
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The coastal environmental profile of Ban Don Bay and Phangnga Bay, Thailand
(1988)Type: ReportThe coastal zone of Thailand with a 2,600-km coastline is very rich in natural resources which include fisheries, coral reefs, mangrove forests, beaches and mineral deposits. Over the past decade, rapid increases in ... -
Biology, epidemiology and management of Pyrodinium red tides
(1989)Type: Conference ProceedingsRed tide has become a frequent phenomenon in the coastal waters in many parts of the world. In Southeast Asia many lives have been lost and thousands taken ill from eating contaminated seafoods. Economic losses are also ... -
Policy recommendations for coastal area management in the ASEAN region: as discussed by policymakers, administrators and scientists
(1989)Type: Conference ProceedingsRecommendations for coastal area management in the ASEAN region are given, being based on discussions held atthe Workshop which reviewed the current exploitation of coastal resources and examined the severity of degradation ... -
Coastal area management in Southeast Asia: policies, management strategies and case studies
(1989)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe coastal waters of Southeast Asian countries have some of the world's richest ecosystems characterized by extensive coral reefs and mangrove forests. Blessed with warm tropical climate and high rainfall, these waters ... -
Towards sustainable development of the coastal resources of Lingayen Gulf, Phlilppines
(1989)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe Lingayen Gulf coastal area, located in the northwestern part of Luzon island, illustrates in microcosm the depletion and degradation problems resulting from unplanned and competing resources utilization in the country. ... -
There is still hope
(1989)Type: BriefThe goal of the Coastal Resources Management Project (CRMP) is to increase existing capabilities within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region to develop and implement comprehensive, multidisciplinary ... -
Marine parks and reserves: management for coastal environments in Southeast Asia
(1988)Type: BriefThe book is intended to introduce marine parks and reserves as a means of management for coastal environments in Southeast Asia. It describes the plight of coastal resource habitats and why and how marine parks and reserves ... -
How to achieve high fish yields in tropical lakes and reservoirs
(1988)Type: Journal ArticleFish yields in tropical lakes and reservoirs vary greatly; the importance of fish composition as a factor affecting productivity is discussed, examining the fish composition in tropical standing waters worldwide. Raising fish ... -
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 ... -
A method for estimating the parameters of a seasonally oscillating growth curve from growth increment data
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleA linearized version of the Appeldoorn model of the von Bertalanffy growth function is presented for the estimationof parameters of seasonal growth oscillation. -
The ECOPATH II software or how we can gain from working together
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleProblems involved in the development of ecosystem models are discussed, considering in particular the use of the ECOPATH II software and the approach used at ICLARM in the project "Global comparisons of trophic aquatic ... -
Measuring ICLARM's impact on research and researchers
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleFor 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. -
Problems in estimating growth parameters of the wahoo Acanthocybium solandri (Scombridae) using the ELEFAN 1 program
(1990)Type: Journal ArticlePlots 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
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleCatch 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 ... -
Bibliographic impact of ICLARM
(1990)Type: ReportA study was made of the availability and impact of the publications and other contributions to the literature of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), based in the Philippines. The ... -
The coastal environmental profile of Lingayen Gulf, Philippines
(1990)Type: ReportThe 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 ... -
Training resource book for farming systems diagnosis: process documentation of an experiential learning exercise in farming systems diagnosis of the ICAR/IRRI Collaborative Research Project
(1990)Type: BookThis book leads on from agro-ecosystems mapping (TN2 ). The book focuses on farmer participatory tools for researchers, especially on the diagnosis of farming systems problems. -
Ecological computer programs: the importance of being friendly
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleA discussion is presented on the topic of statistical data analysis in the field of ecology, emphasizing the importance of computer programmes being user friendly for the ecologist. Particular reference is given to TWINSPAN, ... -
Baguio Resolution on Coastal Resources Management
(1990)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe 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 ... -
Computer-aided approaches to identification. III: (Conclusion) . Modern databases
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleModern databases can be successfully used to develop computer-based identification systems. In a first case study, fish larvae were identified with an average of three easily obtained characters. In a second case study, ...
