Economic and water quality evaluation of intensive shrimp production systems in Thailand

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 121-141

  Thongrak, Sutonya ^a   Prato, Tony ^b   Chiayvareesajja, Sommai ^a   Kurtz, William ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

AQUACULTURE; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE PRODUCTION; SHRIMP AQUACULTURE; SHRIMP CULTURE; WATER QUALITY;

THAILAND, SONGKHLA PROVINCE, RANOT DISTRICT;

EID: 0030906841     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0308-521x(96)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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