Complex interactions mediate the effects of fish farming on benthic chemistry within a region of Scotland

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Mayor, Daniel J ^a   Solan, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Cod; Environmental management; Salmon; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BENTHOS; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH CULTURE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SALMONID; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CAGE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED KINGDOM;

AQUACULTURE; CARBON; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958258654     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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