A global assessment of salmon aquaculture impacts on wild salmonids

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0411-0417

  Ford, Jennifer S ^a   Myers, Ransom A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; IRELAND; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PISCICULTURE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SALMON; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AQUACULTURE; SALMON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40149105702     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060033     Document Type: Article

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