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| Title |
Seahorses in focus: local ecological knowledge of seahorse-watching operators in a tropical estuary
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| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13002-016-0125-8 |
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| Authors |
Maria L. F. Ternes, Leopoldo C. Gerhardinger, Alexandre Schiavetti |
| Abstract |
Seahorses are endangered teleost fishes under increasing human pressures worldwide. In Brazil, marine conservationists and policy-makers are thus often skeptical about the viability of sustainable human-seahorse interactions. This study focuses on local ecological knowledge on seahorses and the implications of their non-lethal touristic use by a coastal community in northeastern Brazil. Community-based seahorse-watching activities have been carried out in Maracaípe village since 1999, but remained uninvestigated until the present study. Our goal is to provide ethnoecological understanding on this non-extractive use to support seahorse conservation and management. We interviewed 32 informants through semi-structured questionnaires to assess their socioeconomic profile, their knowledge on seahorse natural history traits, human uses, threats and abundance trends. Seahorse-watching has high socioeconomic relevance, being the primary income source for all respondents. Interviewees elicited a body of knowledge on seahorse biology largely consistent with up-to-date research literature. Most informants (65.5 %) perceived no change in seahorse abundance. Their empirical knowledge often surpassed scientific reports, i.e. through remarks on trophic ecology; reproductive aspects, such as, behavior and breeding season; spatial and temporal distribution, suggesting seahorse migration related to environmental parameters. Seahorse-watching operators were aware of seahorse biological and ecological aspects. Despite the gaps remaining on biological data about certain seahorse traits, the respondents provided reliable information on all questions, adding ethnoecological remarks not yet assessed by conventional scientific surveys. We provide novel ethnobiological insight on non-extractive modes of human-seahorse interaction, eliciting environmental policies to integrate seahorse conservation with local ecological knowledge and innovative ideas for seahorse sustainable use. Our study resonates with calls for more active engagement with communities and their local ecologies if marine conservation and development are to be reconciled. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |
| France | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 112 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 16% |
| Researcher | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 10% |
| Professor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 20% |
| Environmental Science | 20 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Engineering | 5 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 18% |
| Unknown | 34 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
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