Stable isotope evidence for the environmental impact of a land-based fish farm in the western Mediterranean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a   Mazzola, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Carbon isotopes; Environmental impact; Food web; Mediterranean; Nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

FISH FARMS; FISH WASTES;

FISHERIES;

CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTEWATER;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD WEB; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PISCICULTURE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 3242785545     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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