Environmental and socioeconomic constraints to the development of freshwater fish aquaculture in China

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-371

  Gomiero, Tiziano ^a   Giampietro, Mario ^b   Bukkens, Sandra G F ^a,b   Paoletti, Maurizio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

China agriculture; Food chain; Herbivore fish; Ponds; Socioeconomic constraints; Sustainable aquaculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033023207     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(99)00370-6     Document Type: Review

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