Sedimentation rates in a suspended mussel farm (Great-Entry Lagoon, Canada): Biodeposit production and dispersion

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 322, Issue , 2006, Pages 129-141

  Callier, Myriam D ^a,b   Weise, Andréa M ^a   McKindsey, Christopher W ^a,b   Desrosiers, Gaston ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Biodeposit production; Dispersion; Faeces; Mytilus edulis; Sedimentation rates; Sinking velocity; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; FECAL PELLET; MOLLUSC CULTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CANADA; GRANDE ENTREE LAGOON; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 33750250088     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps322129     Document Type: Article

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