Innovation cycles, niches and sustainability in the shrimp aquaculture industry in Thailand

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-302

  Lebel, Louis ^a   Mungkung, Rattanawan ^b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^c   Lebel, Phimphakan ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Black tiger prawn; Life cycle assessment; Pacific white shrimp; Shrimp aquaculture; Sustainability; Systems innovation; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HATCHERY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHRIMP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAILAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 77953612836     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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