Freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farming affects sediment and pore-water chemistry

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-526

  Rooney, Rebecca C ^a   Podemski, Cheryl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic impacts; Cage farming; Freshwater; Monitoring tools; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIFOULING; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CAGE CULTURE; COPPER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONITORING; PH; POREWATER; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SALMONID CULTURE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZINC;

CANADA; EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 77953013389     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09097     Document Type: Article

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