Values of mussel farming for combating eutrophication: An application to the Baltic Sea

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 935-945

  Gren, Ing Marie ^a   Lindahl, Odd ^b   Lindqvist, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cost minimisation; Eutrophication; Mussel farming; Value

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLANS; BALTIC SEA; CONTROL COSTS; COST MINIMISATION; COST SAVINGS; DRAINAGE BASINS; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; MARKET PRICES; MUSSEL FARMING; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT LOADS; SALES-OPTIONS; VALUE;

CATCHMENTS; COST REDUCTION; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ABATEMENT COST; ACTION PLAN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE BASIN; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MARINE POLLUTION; MUSSEL CULTURE; OPTIMIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 64649106919     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.033     Document Type: Article

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