Gaining perspective on what we've lost: the reliability of encoded anecdotes in historical ecology.

Historical data are essential in fisheries management and conservation, especially for species that suffered significant population declines prior to ecological data collection. Within the field of historical marine ecology, studies have relied on anecdotal evidence, such as written accounts by expl...

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Main Authors: Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, Robin Naidoo, Maria Lourdes D Palomares, Daniel Pauly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3427348?pdf=render