Mariculture siting - Tidal currents and growth of Mya arenaria

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Congleton Jr , William R ^a   Pearce, Bryan R ^a   Parker, Matthew R ^a   Causey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Current; Geographical Information System (GIS); Growth; Mya arenaria; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

CLAM CULTURE; CURRENT VELOCITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOW MODELING; GIS; GROWTH; MARICULTURE; SITE SELECTION;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYA ARENARIA; MYIDAE;

EID: 0042127066     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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