Sustainability performance indicators for suspended bivalve aquaculture activities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-107

  Gibbs, Mark T ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Environmental performance indicators; Mussel farms; New Zealand; Sustainable aquaculture

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIVALVE CULTURE DEVELOPMENT; FINFISH CULTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER-COLUMN ENVIRONMENT;

AQUACULTURE;

BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER COLUMN;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 33750737463     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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