Biofouling in Marine Molluscan Shellfish Aquaculture: A Survey Assessing the Business and Economic Implications of Mitigation

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-252

  Adams, Charles M ^a   Shumway, Sandra E ^b   Whitlatch, Robert B ^b   Getchis, Tessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; BIOFOULING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MOLLUSC CULTURE;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 79953288018     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2011.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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