Consumer behaviour and environmental preferences: A case study of Scottish salmon aquaculture

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 142-147

  Whitmarsh, David ^a   Palmieri, Maria Giovanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Consumer behaviour; Environmental preferences; Logistic regression; Salmon farming

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DATA SET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; LOGISTICS; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SUSTAINABILITY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951906164     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02672.x     Document Type: Article

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