Miscellaneous themes: Recent submissions
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Our coral reefs
(1994)Type: BriefCoral reefs are very important to the people of the South Pacific Islands. Coral reefs are made up of many animals and plants as well as corals. Many islanders depend on animals like fish, clams, crabs and spiny lobsters ... -
The management of coral reef resource systems
(1994)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis volume reports the proceedings of a scientific meeting to identify ways in which international collaborative efforts in coral reef research and management can be coordinated of greatest effect. A secondary objective ... -
Length-weight relationship of Gulf of Thailand fishes
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThe length-weight relationship of 26 fish species belonging to 17 families obtained from the Gulf of Thailand was examined. As seven species were obtained from different survey periods and three were from two different ... -
A program for the identification of the pelagic eggs of Black Sea fishes
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleA computer program was developed for the identification of the teleost fish eggs that may be found in the pelagic zone of the Black Sea. The program identifies eggs of 70 species, using up to 28 descriptive characters, and ... -
Estimating the girth of fish by applying an elliptic model
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleA new method for estimating the maximum girth of roundfish is proposed as illustrated; this is based on an elliptic approximation of the cross sections of the fish body. Results derived from a small sample horse mackerel, ... -
Food habits of two sciaenid fish species (Pseudotolithus typus and Pseudotolithus senegalensis) off Cameroon
(1994)Type: Journal ArticlePseudotolithus typus and P. senegalensis (Sciaenidae) sampled off Cameroon Coast, West Africa, have been found to feed mainly on shrimps (Nematoplaemon hastatus and Parapenaeopsis atlantica) and juvenile fish (mostly ... -
Ecosystem function and biodiversity on coral reefs
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThe article highlights a workshop held in Key West, Florida in November 1993 attended by a group of 35 international scientists where topics of ecosystem function and biodiversity on coral reefs were discussed. -
The biodiversity issue takes to the water
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThis material is based on an EarthAction Network which consists of more than 750 citizen groups in 101 countries. Some general and aquatic biological diversity problems and possible solutions to these problems are presented. -
On the behavior of some proposed goal functions for ecosystem development
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThis contribution addresses the issue of "goal functions", quantifying the state of development of ecosystems. Numerous goal functions have been proposed with the hope that once a proper goal function has been identified ... -
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. ... -
Economic incentives for water resource management in the Pak Phanang river basin of southern Thailand
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe study examines the existing water allocation methods and other policies that provide constraints or incentives for the most efficient use of water resources. Given the production condition of the local people, and the ... -
Collaborative training program in coastal management in the Philippines: a local initiative with a global perspective
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA collaborative project in developing a broad-based coastal management training program in the Philippines is being undertaken by a group of government and nongovernment agencies. It addresses the lack of expertise in ... -
Atlas demographique des populations de poissons d'eau douce d'Afrique
(1995)Type: ReportGrowth and catch curves plus recruitment and selection patterns of 57 stocks and 47 species of African freshwater fishes are presented. The atlas also includes mortality estimates, information on food and feeding habits, ... -
Artificial reefs in the Philippines
(1995)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis workshop and the resulting proceedings came into being as a result of cumulative concerns by aid agencies, nongovernmental organizations and by government authorities and researchers on the mass installation of artificial ... -
Patterns of publication by the staff of an international fisheries research center
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe scientific productivity, measured as number of publication credits per year, of 105 BS, MS and PhD degree holders at the authors' institution - a non profit international fisheries research organization based in Manila ... -
Sierra Leone Industrial Fishery Database System (IFDaS) : user manual
(1995)Type: ManualThis document introduces the user of the Sierra Leone Industrial Fishery Database System (IFDaS) to the features of the database in respect to entering, retrieving, and analyzing of data. It does not require any pre-knowledge ... -
The application of rapid rural appraisal techniques in coastal resources planning: experience in Malampaya Sound, Philippines
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) techniques often employed to fast-track the assessments of agricultural and forest resource systems were applied to the coastal resource planning of Malampaya Sound in Palawan Island, western ... -
Ecosystem maturity: towards quantification
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleAn attempt is made to rank 41 steady-state models of aquatic ecosystems on the basis of their maturity. Maturity is quantified using several of Odum's attributes of ecosystem maturity. It is shown that it is possible to ... -
Resource and ecological assessment of Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines (volume 2: technical monograph)
(1995)Type: ReportThe overall objective of this project is to promote the equitable and sustainable use of coastal resources in the Asian region through the development and implementation of integrated coastal management training tools. The ... -
CGIAR aquatic research priorities revisited: a case for a higher priority for reservoir-lake system research
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe case presented in this article clearly indicates that reservoir and lake resource systems, reservoirs in the Asian context lakes plus reservoirs in the African context, have been given a lower priority than deserved.
