Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Major/Program
Environmental Studies
First Advisor's Name
Joel Heinen
First Advisor's Committee Title
Co-Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Jennifer Rehage
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Co-Committee Chair
Third Advisor's Name
Qing Lai
Third Advisor's Committee Title
committee member
Keywords
Local Ecological Knowledge, Bonefish, South Florida, Trend Analysis, Angler Surveys, Shifting Baselines, Fuzzy Logic
Date of Defense
7-8-2016
Abstract
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) is a useful method to capture environmental or resource changes when there is an absence of biological data. Since the bonefish fishery is data limited, this study aims to understand the trend of bonefish decline over the last 40 years using LEK and to assess whether varying fisher experience and fisher type would influence perception of bonefish decline. Semi-structured surveys and key informant interviews were conducted to collect LEK data. Along with perceiving an overall decline (p
Identifier
FIDC000799
Recommended Citation
Kroloff, Emily K.N., "Where Are All the Bonefish? Using Angler Perceptions to Estimate Trends of Bonefish (Albula vulpes) Decline in South Florida" (2016). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2541.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2541
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