Sustainable seaweed cutting? The rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) industry of Maine and the Maritime Provinces

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1249, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-103

  Seeley, Robin Hadlock ^a   Schlesinger, William H ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Marine macroalgae; Rockweed; Seaweed harvest; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATERS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCALES; INVERTEBRATA; LAMINARIALES; PILEA MICROPHYLLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857485883     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06443.x     Document Type: Article

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