The use of spatial analysis for environmental assessment of shellfish aquaculture in Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Aquaculture

Volumn 253, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 408-414

  Carswell, Barron ^a   Cheesman, Sean ^a   Anderson, Josh ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Remote sensing; Shellfish aquaculture

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

AVES; BIVALVIA; NUTTALLIA OBSCURATA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 33644973305     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.08.024     Document Type: Article

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