Modeling ecological carrying capacity of shellfish aquaculture in highly flushed temperate lagoons

Aquaculture

Volumn 314, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 87-99

  Byron, Carrie ^a,b   Link, Jason ^c   Costa Pierce, Barry ^a   engtson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Carrying capacity; Ecopath; Lagoons; Modeling; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; CARRYING CAPACITY; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 79952735501     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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