Impact of suspended and off-bottom Eastern oyster culture on the benthic environment in eastern Canada

Aquaculture

Volumn 255, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 362-373

  Mallet, André L ^a   Carver, Claire E ^a   Landry, Thomas ^b  

^a Mallet Research Services Ltd   (Canada)

^b GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Oyster culture; Redox; Sedimentation rates; Shellfish farming; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OYSTER CULTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SHELLFISH; WAVE ACTION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33646859039     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.11.054     Document Type: Article

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