Shellfish culture in the Benguela System: A carbon budget of Saldanha Bay for raft culture of Mytilus galloprovincialis

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-49

  Grant, Jon ^a   Stenton Dozey, Jeannie ^b   Monteiro, Pedro ^b   Pitcher, Grant ^b   Heasman, Kevin ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Banguela; Carrying capacity; Mussels; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Top down

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0031855902     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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