Location and species
Method(s) for
collecting LEK
Assumption(s) of LEK
tested using validation
Method(s) for
validating LEK
Outcome
Source
Mexico (eastern
Yucatan
Peninsula),
Caribbean,
Epinephelus
striatus
Semi-structured
interviews with
commercial
fi shers.
A Nassau grouper spawning
aggregation forms at a
specifi c site around the
full moon in December
and January each year
UVC monitoring in
December and
January around the
full moon period
between 1988 and
1993, and
examining gonads
of fi sh captured at
the site
Confi rmed aggregation of 500–1000 ripe
adults forms during the full moon
period in the months of December and
January
Aguilar-Perera ( 1994 )
and AguilarPerera and
Aguilar-Dávila
( 1996 )
Refer to Chap. 12 for individual species accounts on many of the species
LEK
local ecological knowledge, UVC
underwater visual census, GSI
gonadosomatic index