Continuous water quality monitoring for the hard clam industry in Florida, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 409-419

  Bergquist, Derk C ^a,b   Heuberger, David ^a   Sturmer, Leslie N ^a   Baker, Shirley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Environmental quality; Internet; Precision agriculture; Real time monitoring; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL; CROPS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INSURANCE; INTERNET; OXYGEN; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AQUACULTURE INDUSTRIES; ARCHIVED DATUMS; ATLANTIC COASTS; CROP LOSSES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FLORIDA; FLORIDA , USA; INSURANCE CLAIMS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; QUALITY DIFFERENCES; QUALITY MONITORING; REAL-TIME MONITORING; STAFF TIMES; US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES; WATER DEPTHS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEMS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INTERNET; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER QUALITY;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HARD CLAM AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; MERCENARIA; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SALINITY; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; INDUSTRY; SEAWATER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 58049153770     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0171-3     Document Type: Article

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