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ASFA Thesaurus

“The ASFA Thesaurus is an indexing and searching tool. It contains the subject descriptors used to index the records which are contained in the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) bibliographic database. ASFA is an abstracting and indexing service covering the world's literature on the science, technology, management, and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources and environments, including their socio-economic and legal aspects.”
General information
Vocabulary type: 
thes
Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
0
Scope and Usage
Major subjects covered: 

Fisheries, aquatic environments, aquatic sciences

Purpose: 

Provides terminology for indexing of the records in the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts bibliographic database.

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
alph
full
Relationship types: 
hier_bn
Characteristics Comments: 

At the alphabetical term listings, Click on "Word Block" next to the term of interest to see the full term record in flat format display.

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Provider URL: