Biological effects of shellfish harvesting on oyster reefs: Resolving a fishery conflict by ecological experimentation

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-95

  Lenihan, Hunter S ^a,b   Micheli, Fiorenza ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; REEF; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0034001671     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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