Are red tides affecting economically the commercialization of the Galician (NW Spain) mussel farming?

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-257

  Rodríguez Rodríguez, Gonzalo ^a   Villasante, Sebastián ^a,b   Carme García Negro, María do ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Galician (NW Spain) mussel farming; Harmful algal blooms (HABs)

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MUSSEL CULTURE; RED TIDE;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 78349307373     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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