Contrasting the community structure and select geochemical characteristics of three intertidal regions in relation to shellfish farming

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Bendell Young, L I ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Biodiversity; Ecological impacts; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; SHELLFISH; SHELLFISH FARMING; SILTATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SHELLFISH CULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ORGANIC MATTER;

BAYNES SOUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 33745852242     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002864     Document Type: Article

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