WorldFish Repository: Recent submissions
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Emergy-based ascendency
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleAscendency is a system indicator used for describing flow characteristics of ecosystems. Experience shows, however, that ascendency is primarily a function of the flow characteristics at the lowest trophic levels. This is ... -
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 ... -
Determinants of women's economic participation in the small-scale fisheries sector, Peninsular Malaysia
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper specifically examines the main determinants of women participation in income-earning activities in Peninsular Malaysian small scale fisheries. -
Role of women in small-scale aquaculture development in southeastern Cambodia
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleIn Cambodia, women make up more than 65% of the adult population. They play a most important role in all spheres of social and economic activities. A recent investigation has shown that in small scale aquaculture, women ... -
Gender integrated research for development in Pacific coastal fisheries
(2019)Type: BriefThe project Strengthening and Scaling Communitybased Approaches to Pacific Coastal Fisheries in Management Support of the New Song (henceforth the Pathways project) aims to improve the wellbeing of Pacific coastal communities ... -
To cluster or not to cluster farmers? Influences on network interactions, risk perceptions, and adoption of aquaculture practices
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleOver the course of just a few years, shrimp farming has become a major aquaculture production system in coastal areas of several developing countries across the globe. However, farmers are facing a variety of risks related ... -
Building capacity in the use of information and communications technologies to support small-scale fisheries in Asia: Expert Practitioners Workshop Report
Type: ReportParticipants were invited to present background papers on their research and/or projects relating to ICT4SSF, with emphasis on key opportunities and risks emerging from the application of ICTs in SSF (20 mins each). Speakers ... -
Aquaculture technology adoption in Kapasia thana, Bangladesh: some preliminary results from farm record-keeping data
(1995)Type: ReportA report on the adoption by target farmers of three aquaculture technologies in Kapasia Thana, Bangladesh. Preliminary results indicate that there were significant changes in fish production and resource use by farmer-cooperators ... -
Problems for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources in India and some possible solutions
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleMany interconnected problems involved for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources of India are enumerated. Some possible solutions to the problems are also discussed. -
Surveying bacterial human pathogens in shrimp culture in Thailand
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleAny presence of bacterial human pathogen in shrimp products may be of public health concern. This note concludes that Salmonella do not appear to constitute a part of the microbial flora where shrimp culture is practiced ... -
Transgenic fish research
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe article features two most commonly techniques for gene transfer in fish, microinjection and electroporation. -
Spawning and early larval rearing of Holothuria atra
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe Coastal Aquaculture Centre (CAC) of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in Solomon Islands has started to assess the potential of enhancing populations of sea cucumbers associated ...
