Review of recent carrying capacity models for bivalve culture and recommendations for research and management

Aquaculture

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 451-462

  McKindsey, Christopher W ^a   Thetmeyer, Helmut ^b   Landry, Thomas ^c   Silvert, William ^d  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bivalve aquaculture; Carrying capacity; Expert systems; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARRYING CAPACITY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FISHERY MODELING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SHELLFISH CULTURE;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 33750529176     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.06.044     Document Type: Review

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