Preliminary model of nitrogen loads from southern bluefin tuna aquaculture

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1321-1332

  Fernandes, Milena ^a   Lauer, Peter ^a,b   Cheshire, Anthony ^a   Angove, Michael ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Benthic fluxes; Nitrogen; Sedimentation; Sediments; Thunnus maccoyii

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; FISH; METABOLISM; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE;

BLUEFIN TUNA (THUNNUS MACCOYII); COASTAL AREAS; DISSOLVED WASTES; HOLDING PERIODS; STOCKED BIOMASS;

NITROGEN;

NITROGEN;

AQUACULTURE; BENTHIC FLUX; BIOMASS; FISHERY PRODUCTION; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTATION; STOCKING DENSITY; TUNA FISHERY;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; METABOLIC RATE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TUNA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FECES; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

INDIAN OCEAN; SPENCER GULF;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 35548938993     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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