The trophic fate of shrimp farm effluent in mangrove creeks of North Queensland, Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 655-671

  Mckinnon, A D ^a   Trott, L A ^a   Cappo, M ^a   Miller, D K ^a   Duggan, S ^a   Speare, P ^a   Davidson, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Assimilation; Coastal zone; Effluent; Mangroves; Trophic pathways

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; FISH; MANGROVE; SHRIMP CULTURE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0036807807     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.9935     Document Type: Article

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