The ultimate ocean ranch: Artificial upwelling of deep-ocean nutrients in the open-sea enhances biological food productivity unencumbered by land-based aquaculture limitations

Sea Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Matsuda, Fujio ^a   Szyper, James ^b   Takahashi, Patrick ^b   Vadus, Joseph R ^c  

^a Pacific International Center for High Technology Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Global Ocean Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

ARTIFICIAL UPWELLING; BIOLOGICAL FOOD PRODUCTIVITY; DEEP OCEAN NUTRIENTS; OCEAN RANCH;

OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; OPEN OCEAN; RANCHING; THERMAL POWER; UPWELLING;

EID: 0033388109     PISSN: 00933651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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