The European shag ("Phalacrocorax aristotelis") population at Cíes Islands (the most important breeding area in its southern limit) increased rapidly from 1986 to 1992, and afterwards the population suffered a slight ...

Decapod crustaceans have complex life histories and behaviour in aspects such as foraging, mating and reproduction, moulting and growth, habitat selection and migration. New technologies have enabled us to use an ...

Coastal ecosystems and artisanal fisheries show a great complexity due to the high number of human factors that infuence their functioning and to the number of components involved in the fishing activity. Moreover, a great ...

[Abstract] The aim of this paper is to show the role that Knowledge Representation can play in the research of artisanal fisheries. In particular we concentrate on the epistemological and technological adequacy of ...