Seasonal and spatial variations of benthic impacts of mussel longline farming in a eutrophic danish fjord, limfjorden

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-801

  Carlsson, Marita Sundstein ^a,b   Holmer, Marianne ^b   Petersen, Jens Kjerulf ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Benthic impacts; Mussel farm; Oxygen uptake; Sediment; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649111872     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.028.0408     Document Type: Article

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