Contribution of fish farming to the nutrient loading of the Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 313-321

  Karakassis, Ioannis ^a   Pitta, Paraskevi ^b   Krom, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic eutrophication; Cage fanning; Mediterranean; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CAGE CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 26044448664     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2005.69n2313     Document Type: Article

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