The influence of marine cages on the sediment chemistry in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Aquaculture

Volumn 249, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 145-158

  Porrello, Salvatore ^a   Tomassetti, Paolo ^a   Manzueto, Luigi ^a   Finoia, Maria G ^a   Persia, Emma ^a   Mercatali, Isabel ^a   Stipa, Piergiorgio ^b  

^a Central Institute for Marine Research ICRAM   (Italy)

^b Fish Farm Il Vigneto Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADCP; Environmental impact; Geochemistry; Organic enrichment; Sea cage

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23944435127     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.02.042     Document Type: Article

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