An experimental assessment of the potential impacts of longline mussel farming on the infauna in an open coastal embayment

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-300

  Lasiak, T A ^a,c   Underwood, A J ^a   Hoskin, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Marine Environmental Research Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beyond BACI; Coastal embayment; Ecological impacts; Infauna; Longlines; Mussel farming; South east Australia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BENTHIC INFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MARICULTURE; MUSSEL CULTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TWOFOLD BAY;

EID: 33744780698     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.710     Document Type: Article

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