Beyond fishermen's tales: contributions of fishers' local ecological knowledge to fish ecology and fisheries management

RAM Silvano, J Valbo-Jørgensen - Environment, Development and …, 2008 - Springer
Studies investigating the local ecological knowledge (LEK) held by fishermen about the
fishing resources have indicated that fishermen's LEK may have the potential to improve …

A review of the biology, ecology, behavior and conservation status of the dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834)

MV Condini, JA García-Charton, AM Garcia - Reviews in Fish Biology and …, 2018 - Springer
The dusky grouper is a large-bodied marine species usually associated with rocky
substrates and reefs currently experiencing increasing anthropogenic pressures. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Fishermen's local ecological knowledge on Southeastern Brazilian coastal fishes: contributions to research, conservation, and management

RAM Silvano, A Begossi - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
We analyzed fishermen's local ecological knowledge (LEK) about the feeding habits, trophic
interactions, habitats, fishing grounds, migration, and reproduction of nine coastal fishes in …

When does this fish spawn? Fishermen's local knowledge of migration and reproduction of Brazilian coastal fishes

RAM Silvano, PFL MacCord, RV Lima… - Environmental Biology of …, 2006 - Springer
Fishermen's local knowledge of fishing resources may be an important source of information
to improve artisanal tropical fisheries management, such as those found in Brazil, where …

Predicting species distribution from fishers' local ecological knowledge: a new alternative for data-poor management

PFM Lopes, JT Verba, A Begossi… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Many developing countries lack information to manage their endangered species, urging the
need for affordable and reliable information. We used Bayesian hierarchical spatial models …

[PDF][PDF] Southern African marine linefish species profiles

BQ Mann - Special publication, 2013 - researchgate.net
This publication is a compilation of species profiles for 139 important marine linefish species
from 38 families caught in southern African waters, including both teleosts and …

[HTML][HTML] Ecology and ethnoecology of dusky grouper [garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)] along the coast of Brazil

A Begossi, RAM Silvano - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2008 - Springer
Dusky grouper (garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus) is an important catch for several
artisanal small-scale fisheries along the Brazilian coast. It is a sedentary, monandric, and …

Composition of the fish fauna in a tropical estuary: the ecological guild approach

V Ferreira, F Le Loc'h, F Ménard, T Frédou, F Frédou - Scientia Marina, 2019 - hal.science
Ecological guilds have been widely applied for understanding the structure and functioning
of aquatic ecosystems. This study describes the composition and the spatio-temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Fishers' resource mapping and goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara (Serranidae) conservation in Brazil

LC Gerhardinger, M Hostim-Silva, RP Medeiros… - Neotropical …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) aggregations and relative abundances were
described and mapped through the use of fishermen's local ecological knowledge in …

Morphological investigation of the gills of the dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834) using gross anatomy and scanning electron microscopy

MAM Alsafy, SAA El‐Gendy - Microscopy research and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current study has designed to investigate the morphological characteristics of the gills of
the dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) by gross morphology, scanning electron …