Miscellaneous themes: Recent submissions
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A Low-level Geographic Information System for coastal zone management, with application to Brunei Darussalam. Part II:: Economic analysis of trawling in Brunei Darussalam
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleEconomic analysis of the trawl fishery of Brunei Darussalam was conducted using cost and returns analysis and based on an economic survey of trawlers and B:RUN, a low-level geographic information system. Profitability ... -
Population parameters of Penaeus californiensis in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe growth, mortality, and recruitment pattern of Penaeus californiensis were investigated using tail length (TL)-frequency data obtained from the Gulf of Guayaquil shrimp population. Computer-based methods of tail-frequency ... -
Tracking nutrient flows in a multi-enterprise farming systems with a mass-balance model (ECOPATH)
(1997)Type: Book ChapterWhether grown for sale or for on-farm consumption, vegetables and other crops are often managed as stand-alone, monoculture enterprises. Integrated farming can help improve the nutrient output-input balance sheet and ... -
ReefBase 2.0: a contribution to environmental conservation on a global scale
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe 1997 International Year of the Reef sees the release of ReefBase 2.0: a global database on coral reefs and their resources. It provides the most comprehensive and accessible repository of information to date. Containing ... -
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 ... -
The world's coral reefs: hope for the future
(1997)Type: BrochureThis photo essay was produced from pictures in ReefBase: a Global Database on Coral Reefs and their Resources. -
Flow modelling with ECOPATH: providing insights on the ecological state of agroecosystems
(1997)Type: Book ChapterThis paper summarizes the major findings in modelling and analysing agroecosystems using ECOPATH. -
ICLARM brochure
(1997)Type: BrochureThis brochure outlines the area of research and program activities of ICLARM in 1997. -
A quantitative approach for assessing the productive performance and ecological contributions of smallholder farms
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleA pragmatic framework for monitoring, modelling, analysing, and comparing the state and performance of integrated agroecosystems is proposed. Four smallholder rice farms (1.36€“2.76 hectares) €” including monoculture rice ... -
The role of human rights in implementing socially responsible seafood
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleSustainability standards for seafood mainly address environmental performance criteria and are less concerned with the welfare of fisheries workers who produce the seafood. Yet human rights violations such as slavery and ... -
Modeling and analyzing the agroecological performance of farms with ECOPATH
(1998)Type: ReportIntensive and integrated resource management, where field crops, vegetables, trees, livestock and fish production are combined through efficient reuse of wastes, residues, by-products and external inputs, offers a potential ... -
Diet composition and trophic levels of marine mammals
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleStandardized diet compositions were derived for 97 species of marine mammals from published accounts of stomach contents as well as from morphological, behavioural and other information. Diet was apportioned among eight ... -
Updating names, distribution and ecology of riverine fish of Kenya in the Athi-Galana-Sabaki river drainage system
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleFew studies of the riverine fish of the Athi-Galana-Sabaki river drainage area in Kenya have been carried out since the last comprehensive surveys of the 1950s and early 1960s. This paper presents updated information on ... -
Population parameters of 'corvina' (Plagioscion squamosissimus) in the Barra Bonita Reservoir, Brazil
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleEstimates for the growth parameters (L sub( infinity ) and K) mortality coefficients (Z,M and F) and exploitation rate (E) for the sciaenid Plagioscion squamosissimus are presented. The following results were obtained: 1) ... -
A survey of ichthyofauna of Lake Kanyaboli and other small waterbodies in Kenya: alternative refugia for endangered fish species
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleIn 1988, the World Conservation Union (WCU) Red Book of Endangered Species listed hundreds of endemic fishes of Lake Victoria under a single heading - "ENDANGERED". Most of the endemic native food fishes are either endangered ... -
Sustainability indicators from farm to watershed: a synthesis of issues
(1998)Type: Book ChapterConcept of sustainability in relation to agricultural systems is discussed. -
A low-level geographic information system for coastal zone management with applications to Brunei Darussalam: Part III:: simulation and tracking oil spills
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleB:RUN is a low-level GIS software designed to help formulate options for the management of the coastal zone of Brunei Darussalam. This contribution presents the oil spill simulation module of B:RUN. This simple module, ... -
Changes in models of aquatic ecosystems approaching carrying capacity
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleUsing a top-down modeling approach, published mass-balance models of trophic interactions and state variables in the western central Pacific Ocean and the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf were used to explore how large increases ... -
Rapid assessment of management parameters for coral reefs
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleWhile biological and oceanographic parameters form the central part of a database on coral reefs, information concerning human uses and impacts, as well as management efforts are essential to understanding the dynamics ... -
Coral reefs: challenges and opportunities for sustainable management
(1998)Type: Conference PaperThe principal objective of this conference was to mobilize action in support of coral reef conservation and management. The best available information on the status of coral reefs worldwide tells us that reefs are in decline ...
