Incorporating cumulative effects into environmental assessments of mariculture: Limitations and failures of current siting methods

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 572-586

  King, Sarah C ^a   Pushchak, Ronald ^b  

^a Greenpeace Canada   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assimilative capacity; Cumulative effects; EA; Hypoxia; Mariculture

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; EA; HYPOXIA; MARICULTURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FINFISH; HYPOXIA; MARICULTURE; MITIGATION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53949115438     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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