Towards an ecosystem approach to aquaculture: Assessment of sustainable shellfish cultivation at different scales of space, time and complexity

Aquaculture

Volumn 315, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 369-383

  Nunes, J P ^a   Ferreira, J G ^b   Bricker, S B ^c   O'Loan, B ^d   Dabrowski, T ^e   Dallaghan, B ^d   Hawkins, A J S ^f   O'Connor, B ^g   O'Carroll, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Wexford Enterprise Centre Strandfield Business Park ^*  (Ireland)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g AQUAFACT International Services Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ASSETS; Ecosystem approach to aquaculture; EcoWin2000; FARM; Integrated models; Shellfish aquaculture

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIVALVE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CALIBRATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; IRELAND; KILLARY HARBOUR;

EID: 79955020402     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.02.048     Document Type: Article

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