Partial recovery of infaunal communities during a fallow period at an open-ocean aquaculture

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 65-72

  Lin, David T ^a   Bailey Brock, Julie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Fallow; Hawai'i; Indicator species; Offshore; Organic enrichment; Polychaete; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FALLOW; FECES; FISH CULTURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; OPEN OCEAN; POLYCHAETE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 57849135514     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07675     Document Type: Article

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