Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Monthly composites of remote sensing reflectance at 555 nm wavelength (Rrs555) from ocean color imagery of the MODIS sensor onboard the Aqua platform were used to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of coastal plume in the Sofala Bank and ...
Helder Arlindo Machaieie +3 more
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The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique. [PDF]
J Int Dev, 2022 Abstract This study assesses the impact of COVID‐19 on household consumption poverty. To predict changes in income and the associated effects on poverty, we rely on existing estimated macroeconomic impacts. We assume two main impact channels: direct income/wage and employment losses.
Barletta G +5 more
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Elephant barrier behaviors in response to conflict mitigation fences. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Human–wildlife conflict is a major conservation issue, particularly in lower income countries, where it affects marginalized people and leads to the extirpation of threatened species. Managers increasingly use fences to reduce this conflict but lack evidence on the effectiveness of these barriers, especially on whether this reduces the number ...
Gonçalves D, Smith RJ, O'Neill HMK.
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Cash grants to informal firms after Cyclone Idai: beyond the null. [PDF]
DisastersAbstract This study investigates the effects of unconditional cash grants on informal manufacturing firms’ recovery after Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique in 2019. Using a novel stratified adaptive cluster sampling approach, we collected representative panel data from firms in Beira (heavily affected) and Chimoio (less affected).
Berkel H, Fisker P, Tarp F.
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Mozambique's Colonial-Era Non-Human Primate Collection at the National Museum of Natural History and Science of Lisbon: Taxonomy, Provenance, and Historical Context. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives This study reviews Mozambique's non‐human primate collection housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC) in Lisbon. The collection originates from the Zoological Missions of Mozambique (1948 and 1955) carried out under Portuguese colonial administration. The objectives of this work were to: i.
Osório M, Veracini C.
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Factors Influencing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Results in Mozambique: A Multivariate Approach to Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Cultural Influences [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background HIV/AIDS has been a significant health issue among the population in Mozambique, Sub‐Saharan Africa. Although there are studies in the region that have investigated the determinants of HIV testing, very few have covered Mozambique with current and comprehensive information.
Hossain M +5 more
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Preliminary investigations on the population dynamics of Otolithes ruber (Sciaenidae) on Sofala Bank, Mozambique [PDF]
, 1992 Catch length-frequency data of Otolithes ruber (Schneider, 1801) obtained from the "Projecto de Pesca Experimental da RDA" on Sofala Bank, Mozambique, in 1987 were used to estimate growth parameters, mortalities and exploitation rates.
Schultz, N.
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State of the stocks of shallow water prawns at Sofala Bank [PDF]
, 1985 In 1977 a preliminary assessment of the shallow water prawn (Penaeus indicus ) stocks at Sofala Bank (Mozambique) was made (Ulltang et al., 1980). Using additional data from 1977-1982, the first assessment was updated in 1980 (Ulltang, 1980) and in 1983 (
Brinca, L., Sousa, L., Ulltang, Ø.
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Population dynamics of Penaeus indicus at Sofala Bank, Mozambique: a preliminary study [PDF]
, 1992 Length-based methods are used to estimate growth and mortalities of Penaeus indicus at Sofala Bank in Mozambique. This Penaeid shrimp is one of the most important species in the fishery as it constitutes 45% of the catches and has a great influence in ...
Palha De Sousa, L., Silva, C.
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A preliminary assessment of the scad and mackerel stocks at Sofala Bank, Mozambique [PDF]
, 1984 Scads (Decapterus russellii, D. macrosoma, Selar crumenophthalmus), Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) and horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) are the main pelagic species caught in a bottom trawl fishery at Sofala Bank and at Boa Paz. Information
Borges, F., Gislason, H., Sousa, M.I.
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