Successional development of fouling communities on open ocean aquaculture fish cages in the western Gulf of Maine, USA

Aquaculture

Volumn 262, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 289-301

  Greene, Jennifer K ^a   Grizzle, Raymond E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Blue mussel; Epifauna; Fish cage; Mytilus edulis; Successsion

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIVALVE; EPIFAUNA; FOULING ORGANISM; GROWTH; MIGRATION; OPEN OCEAN; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANEMONE; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS VULGARIS; CAPRELLA; HIATELLA ARCTICA; JASSA MARMORATA; METRIDIUM SENILE; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; NUDIBRANCHIA; PISCES; TUBULARIA SP.;

EID: 33846618705     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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