Calculating ecological carrying capacity of shellfish aquaculture using mass-balance modeling: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1743-1755

  Byron, Carrie ^a,b   Link, Jason ^c   Costa Pierce, Barry ^a   Bengtson, 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; Modeling; Narragansett Bay; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; CARRYING CAPACITY; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL REGIONS; ECOLOGICAL CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOPATH; MASS BALANCE; MASS-BALANCE MODELING; MODELING; NARRAGANSETT BAY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RHODE ISLAND; SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; SHELLFISH;

AQUACULTURE;

BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CARRYING CAPACITY; COASTAL ZONE; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; HARVESTING; LIMITING FACTOR; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 79954622473     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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