Wisdom of Crowds reveals decline of Asian horseshoe crabs in Beibu Gulf, China

• Published in: Oryx Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 222 - 229
• Main Authors: Liao, Yongyan, Hsieh, Hwey-Lian, Xu, Shuqing, Zhong, Qiuping, Lei, Juan, Liang, Mingzhong, Fang, Huaiyi, Xu, Lili, Lin, Wuying, Xiao, Xiaobo, Chen, Chang-Po, Cheung, Siu Gin, Kwan, Billy K. Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda; China; Cognition & reasoning; Community; cost effectiveness; Crustaceans; Depletion; Ecosystems; elderly; Environmental protection; Fishing; interviews; Invertebrate conservation; juveniles; Merostomata; monitoring; Nursery grounds; Older people; Perceptions; Polls & surveys; Population; Population decline; population dynamics; Population status; Populations; Shores; Spawning; surveys; Tachypleus tridentatus; Towns; Trends; villages; South China Sea; Vietnam; Singapore; Asia; China; Taiwan; Hong Kong China; Indonesia; data deficient; mating pairs; Beibu Gulf; local ecological knowledge; Tachypleus tridentatus; Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda; horseshoe crabs

Population decline among Asian horseshoe crabs in Asia is increasingly reported, but knowledge of their population and ecological status in China is limited. We conducted community interviews in 30 fishing villages around Beibu Gulf in Guangxi, China, to collect distribution information about the po...